Trump's USA

The President's Team
White House orders Hegseth to stop polygraph tests

The US Department of Defense's use of polygraph tests to investigate who leaks information to the media has been stopped by order of the White House, writes The Washington Post.

The reason for the stop is that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's adviser has raised the alarm that senior officials are about to be subjected to the tests, according to US officials.

Sources say that the adviser, Patrick Weaver, himself was worried about having to be questioned during polygraph tests, which upset him.

Hegseth is also said to have threatened several other officials with tests. Among them are two high-ranking military officers. 

Trump's budget
Majority disapproves of Trump's budget – takes from the poor

Americans believe that Donald Trump's huge tax package, called the big, beautiful bill, benefits wealthy households and large companies while disadvantaging the poor and will increase the budget deficit. This is evident from a new survey from the Wall Street Journal.

Nearly 70 percent of those surveyed stated that the package will make things easier for the rich, while only about 7 percent stated that, on the contrary, it would hurt the wealthiest group.

In total, 52 percent stated that they were against the budget, compared to 42 percent who stated that they were for it.

Democratic Senator Brian Schatz states, among other things, that cuts to healthcare programs and programs that will help the poor with food are unpopular, but that cutting them in order to give tax breaks to the wealthy is even more unpopular.

– So it’s almost like the budget was created in a lab to be sawed, he tells WSJ.

Republicans, on the other hand, disagree.

– It’s very popular when people understand what the budget contains. It’s a great package, says Republican Richard Hudson.

American public opinion
Majority disapproves of Trump’s budget – takes from the poor

Americans believe that Donald Trump’s huge tax package, called the big, beautiful bill, benefits wealthy households and large companies while disadvantaging the poor and will increase the budget deficit. This is evident from a new survey by the Wall Street Journal.

Nearly 70 percent of those surveyed said that the package will make it easier for the rich, while only about 7 percent said that, on the contrary, it would hurt the wealthiest group.

In total, 52 percent said that they were against the budget, compared to 42 percent who said they were for it.

Democratic Senator Brian Schatz states, among other things, that cuts to healthcare programs and programs that help the poor with food are unpopular, but cutting them in addition to giving tax breaks to the wealthy is even more unpopular.

– So it's almost like the budget was created in a lab to be sawed, he tells WSJ.

Republicans, on the other hand, disagree.

– It's very popular when people understand what the budget contains. It's a great package, says Republican Richard Hudson.