As Mike Johnson Floats Social Security Cuts, Trustees Report Shows Harm of Trump Policies

Social Security’s trustees said in their annual report released Tuesday that the New Deal program will be unable to pay out full benefits by the end of 2032—a quarter earlier than projected last year—in the absence of congressional action, a finding that advocates said underscores the destructive impact of President Donald Trump’s policy agenda and the need to make the rich finally pay their fair share into the system.

As Mike Johnson Floats Social Security Cuts, Trustees Report Shows Harm of Trump Policies

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Pentagon Planning To Rename Iran War ‘Operation Sledgehammer’ If US Restarts Bombing Campaign

Myth-busting: Fleischer referring to “Operation Iraqi Liberation” (OIL)

Pentagon Planning To Rename Iran War ‘Operation Sledgehammer’ If US Restarts Bombing Campaign

A White House official told NBC that the administration believes giving the war a new name would effectively restart the War Powers clock, and that “Operation Sledge Hammer” is not the only name under consideration.

Sea-Air-Space 2026 Follow-Up: Fairbanks Morse Defense CEO George Whittier Interview

The FY27 Navy budget rolled out the same week the industry gathered at National Harbor. The request totals $377.5 billion for the Department of the Navy with $65.8 billion designated for shipbuilding alone — a 48 percent increase over the prior year and the second-largest naval shipbuilding request in real terms since 1955. It funds the acquisition of 34 new ships and 123 new aircraft, anchors the Golden Fleet Initiative, and provides $1 billion in advanced procurement funding for the BBG(X) program in fiscal 2027 and $16.47 billion in net procurement funding for fiscal 2028, when the service plans to buy the first platform — the lead Trump-class guided-missile battleship, USS Defiant.

Sea-Air-Space 2026 Follow-Up: Fairbanks Morse Defense CEO George Whittier Interview