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Congress may not like when Trump fires an inspector general — but it can’t stop him
No president until Donald Trump had asserted that by reporting findings to Congress, inspectors general were making unconstitutional intrusions into presidential and executive branch prerogative.
By Stanley M. Brand
CBO says deficit to reach $3.7 trillion in economic decline
The 2020 budget deficit will explode after four coronavirus response bills passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump promise to pile more than $2 trillion onto the $24.6 trillion national debt in just the remaining six months of the current fiscal year, according to the report.
By Andrew Taylor, The Associated Press
Lost in space: Time to rethink the Space Launch System
The United States may return to the moon, but the costs might be out of this world before anyone lands there again.
By Sean Kennedy
Here’s what you need to know about the US aid package to Ukraine that Trump delayed
The U.S. has committed more than $1.5 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since 2014, when Russian-backed separatists began driving tanks through eastern Ukraine.
The White House correspondents’ dinner: An allegory for Washington’s most dysfunctional relationship
Neither the pre-Trump extravaganza or the more subdued post-Trump affair reflects what I would describe as the ideal balance of healthy tension and mutual respect that should in theory typify the White House-media relationship.
By Jill Aitoro