{"id":247884,"date":"2026-04-02T04:14:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T04:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/247884\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T04:14:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T04:14:09","slug":"mcewen-to-costa-why-isnt-israel-giving-foreign-aid-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/247884\/","title":{"rendered":"McEwen to Costa: Why Isn&#8217;t Israel Giving Foreign Aid to US?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On GV Wire\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/unfiltered\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Unfiltered Show<\/a>, Rep. Jim Costa (D-Fresno) criticized President Donald Trump over U.S. involvement in the Middle East and said Congress should have a greater role in decisions involving military action.<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, GV Wire News Director Bill McEwen sharply criticized U.S. aid to Israel and called Israel\u2019s actions in Lebanon \u201creprehensible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>McEwen questioned Costa saying, \u201cWhy aren\u2019t they (Israel) sending us foreign aid? Well, you\u2019re laughing, but I\u2019m dead serious. American people are fed up with this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/contact\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280\u00d790-1\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GVWire-Ad-Get-our-mobile-app-1280x90-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\"   width=\"1280\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Costa responded with, \u201cI don\u2019t disagree with you, Bill. I\u2019m only laughing by the notion that we\u2019re obviously not going to get foreign aid from Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The congressman said he shared concerns about military spending and said some lawmakers have raised the War Powers Resolution in response.<\/p>\n<p>Costa said Trump \u201cprefers to operate without congressional involvement\u201d and argued the president has relied too heavily on executive orders.<\/p>\n<p>The congressman also said voters are frustrated over inflation, affordability, and what he described as a lack of progress in Congress, citing widespread protests and criticism from figures including Joe Rogan and Harvey Levin.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gvwire.com\/unfiltered\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Watch the full Unfiltered Show by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n<p>Connect with\u00a0\u00a0on social media. Got a tip? Send an\u00a0.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On GV Wire\u2019s Unfiltered Show, Rep. Jim Costa (D-Fresno) criticized President Donald Trump over U.S. involvement in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":247885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":{"0":"post-247884","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fresno","8":"tag-fresno","9":"tag-fresno-headlines","10":"tag-fresno-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/247884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/247885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=247884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=247884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}