Rand Paul balks at Trump GOP's big-dollar border agenda

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is deeply skeptical of some of President-elect Trump's and GOP leadership's aggressive border plans…

https://www.axios.com/2024/12/13/rand-paul-trump-thune-border-immigration   

More lifesaving ventilators are available. Hospitals can’t afford them - The Washington Post

America's private health system was not set up to maintain backup supplies, leaving a gap that could cost lives if there is a surge in serious coronavirus patients...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/03/18/ventilator-shortage-hospital-icu-coronavirus/

Trump's military parade expected to cost nearly as much as 'tremendously expensive' canceled war games - CNN Politics

President Donald Trump's military parade in DC is likely to cost nearly as much as the now canceled military exercise with South Korea that Trump called "tremendously expensive" and said cost "a fortune," three US defense officials tell CNN. ....
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/18/politics/trump-military-parade-cost/index.html

Four in 10 Americans can't cover a $400 emergency expense, Fed finds - the guardian

Four in 10 Americans are unable to cover an unexpected expense of $400 or more without resorting to borrowing money or selling some of their possessions, a Federal Reserve annual economic survey has found. ....
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/may/22/federal-reserve-emergency-expense-economic-survey

Trump EPA rule change exploits taxpayers for mine cleanup, critics say | Environment | The Guardian

Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt has scrapped an Obama-era rule requiring mining operations to prove they can clean up future pollution  ....
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/17/donald-trump-epa-mining-pollution-rules?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=257011&subid=22113254&CMP=GT_US_collection