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Trump Says U.S. Was 'Scammed' After Weapons Meant for Iranians Were Kept by Intermediaries

President Donald Trump said Monday that the United States was "scammed" in an effort to get weapons to people in Iran who, he said, were supposed to use them to fight the country's government. Speaking during the White House Easter Egg Roll on April 6, Trump claimed the arms never reached the intended recipients because the group that received them kept the weapons instead.

Trump Seeks $1.5 Trillion Pentagon Budget After Saying the States Should Raise Taxes to Finance Day Care or Medicare

In the same week that Donald Trump said the federal government could not afford to "take care of day care" or programs such as Medicare and Medicaid because "we're fighting wars," the President asked Congress for a record $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget, a proposal that would increase defense spending by about 42% and open a new political fight over domestic priorities as the costs of the war in Iran keep climbing.

Trump Makes Supreme Court History Before Birthright Citizenship Ruling Even Drops

President Donald Trump may still be waiting for a final Supreme Court ruling on birthright citizenship, but he has already made history simply by walking into the courtroom, as he became today, April 1, the first sitting U.S. president to attend a Supreme Court oral argument in person, a highly unusual move that instantly elevated the symbolism.

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