Trump’s Latest Budget: End Head Start, Gut Health Care, and Devastate Working Families

• Trump is going after critical services for kids and their families in his latest budget, including Head Start, an extremely popular program that helps nearly a million Americans annually, and critical health care programs whose eliminations will hit rural folks especially hard. 

  • After moving to gut public school funding, Trump is targeting kids again by putting Head Start on the chopping block, which could force parents to shell out an extra $12,000 a year so their kids don’t go hungry or miss out on school readiness.

• Trump is destroying affordable health care services, ripping away funding from clinics, and eliminating rural health programs, all to fund tax breaks for his billionaire backers. 

• The truth: Trump and his billionaire Cabinet may not rely on these programs, but hardworking families do — and they’ll suffer under these devastating cuts.

Trump’s Unfit and Unqualified Defense Secretary Must Resign After Sharing Critical Military Secrets AGAIN

• Chaos is building at Pete Hegseth’s Defense Department. New reporting reveals that Hegseth was reckless with sensitive war plans in not one but two Signal group chats — the kind of incompetence that a former DoD official under Hegseth says contributes to the department’s “month from hell.”

• The stunning display of recklessness and disregard for our national security proves just how unfit Hegseth is to serve as Secretary of Defense.

• Hegseth put the lives of American service members on the line. Our country deserves better. 

• Hegseth should resign, and if he doesn’t resign, he should be fired.

Virginia’s Governor’s response

Last week on CNBC, Glenn Youngkin doubled down on his support for Donald Trump’s attacks on Virginia’s workforce and economy, despite openly acknowledging the “near-term pain” Trump’s policies are causing Virginians. Following the interview, Arlington Now reported on how these policies are disproportionately harming the region’s workforce and economy, with thousands of Virginians now facing unemployment.

Arlington Now: Gov. Youngkin maintains support for federal cuts and tariffs despite ‘near term’ pain in Virginia

• “Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) continues to throw his support behind federal job cuts and heightened tariffs, despite many Virginia officials’ and economists’ warnings of economic fallout.”

• “In a CNBC interview yesterday (Monday), Youngkin acknowledged the pain that President Donald Trump’s economic decisions have already caused many Virginia residents. However, he argued that the layoffs are in the United States’ long-term interests and argued that tariffs will accelerate investments across the United States, including in Virginia.”

• “Federal layoffs disproportionately impact Northern Virginia and especially Arlington, which is home to about 24,000 civilian federal workers.”

• “Youngkin tied this philosophy to his stance on tariffs. Retailers in Northern Virginia and across the country have been bracing for rising costs, particularly given tariffs of up to 245% on Chinese goods.”

• “[...] Many experts have told ARLnow that economic consequences will be regionwide.”