Over the last week, Vought has ramped up this rhetoric, repeatedly talking about using a controversial tactic known as a “pocket recission” to defy Congress’ funding directives. Using such a maneuver later this summer, he contends, would let the White House make all of the DOGE cuts permanent, regardless of support or disapproval from Congress.

The White House has sent its long-awaited spending cuts request to Congress as it seeks to formalize a slew of DOGE slashes to federal funding.

The White House on Tuesday officially asked Congress to claw back $9.4 billion in already approved spending, taking funding away from programs targeted by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

As the Atlantic enters an “above-normal” hurricane season, a Florida weatherman is delivering residents an unsettling message about Trump's weather service cuts.

South Florida weatherman John Morales decried the federal spending cuts to the National Weather Service (NWS) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) during his forecast on NBC6 on Monday,

A South Florida meteorologist warned that federal spending cuts will affect his ability to accurately predict hurricanes and other weather patterns.