“To Boost Military Budget, Trump Targets Popular Programs at Home” [New York Times]

“To Boost Military Budget, Trump Targets Popular Programs at Home” [New York Times]

Vulnerable House Republicans’ closing midterm message: Guns Not Butter House Republicans are recklessly plotting to crush hardworking families to fund Trump’s war of choice in Iran. The New York Times reports, “Trump has eyed a series of potentially unpopular and divisive domestic spending cuts for the next fiscal year, in a move that may test the political appetite and financial health of a cost-weary American public.” Last week, Trump was ca…

To Boost Military Budget, Trump Targets Popular Programs at Home

WASHINGTON -- For decades, the U.S. government has helped poor Americans pay their home heating and cooling bills. It sends money to states, which then administer the aid, assisting nearly 6 million households nationally.