The fiscal year ends this week and lawmakers are still preparing to vote on a bill that represents more than 65% of discretionary spending. Heritage expert Justin Bogie says that while there has been improvement in the appropriations process, ultimately the outcome for conservative policies has been disappointing. Only three of 12 bills have actually been signed into law. 

Elizabeth Slattery and the Judicial Crisis Network's Carrie Severino talk about sexual assault allegations lobbed at Judge Brett Kavanaugh and what happens next in his Supreme Court confirmation process.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg gave a keynote speech at the Heritage Foundation on the value of NATO in the 21st century, last week. "NATO has helped to spread democratic values, free enterprise and stability to millions of people in the eastern part of Europe,” said Stoltenberg. “This represents a historic geopolitical shift that has benefited the United States and the world at large.”

This week on the “Heritage Explains” podcast, Josh Meservey, a senior policy analyst in Heritage’s Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy, explains what’s happening with South Africa’s land grab and the potentially devastating consequences.

Without budget cuts and reforms, the government will continue to produce large deficits. By 2020, the deficit is projected to surpass one trillion dollars.