<em>The Atlantic</em> Daily: Budget Blues
Congress’s plans for Trump’s proposed spending cuts, a police officer’s guilty plea, technology’s potential to save democracy, and more
What We’re Following
As lawmakers prepare to vote on a budget deal that rejects many of his proposed cuts, President Trump voiced his displeasure on Twitter, in September—though if he doesn’t sign the bill, he could shut down the government himself this week. GOP leaders aren’t following Trump’s instructions on taxes either: They’re drafting a plan that’s designed not to add to the long-term deficit, which means they’ll have to he’s recommended. And Congress has refused to fund Trump’s wall on the Mexican border; even so, the White House just announced a plan to .
