Matt speaks with Billy Bob Faulkingham Maine House Republican Leader to discuss the Maine supplemental budget crisis, focusing on the $500 million budget deficit and the need to address MaineCare funding and other critical issues like hospital debt and spruce budworm control. Faulkingham highlights a disagreement over a proposed amendment to limit general assistance misuse for housing, which was blocked by Democrats. Despite an apparent agreement, the amendment was not included, leading to a vote on the bill without Republican support. Faulkingham criticizes the Democrats’ narrative of bipartisan unity and accuses them of pressuring Republicans to pass the bill without transparency, ultimately denying them the chance to reconsider their vote.
Matt speaks with Security Analyst Josh Filler. Josh Filler is an attorney and former New York City, White House, and Department of Homeland Security official. Josh Filler works with law enforcement and other public safety agencies across the country on homeland security and emergency preparedness issues.
Back from a week abroad, President Donald Trump is calling on the Senate to scrap the filibuster and reopen the government after a monthlong shutdown, breaking with majority Republicans who have long opposed such a move.
Multiple people who had been allegedly plotting a violent attack over the Halloween weekend were arrested Friday morning in Michigan, FBI Director Kash Patel said in a social media post.
he U.S. stock market is pulling back from its record heights as Wall Street sifts through mixed developments on everything from the U.S.-China trade war to profits for Big Tech behemoths.
