Forty percent of business leaders believed the economy would grow over the next six months, with 26% expecting it to remain stable.

We want to hear from you. Trump has called his administration’s $9 billion package codifying DOGE cuts to public broadcasters and USAID “very important.”

The House is looking at President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency’s spending cuts after Senate Republicans agreed to cancel $9 billion in funding to foreign aid and public broadcasting.

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The legislation would have a tiny impact on rising debt but could have major ramifications for the targeted spending, from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to U.S. food aid programs abroad.

The airspace above Vancouver International Airport had to be shut down on Tuesday after someone “hijacked” a small plane. The suspect flew a stolen Cessna 172 north for about 40 miles and then began circling, prompting air traffic controllers to divert nine planes to other airports.