White House promises using military funds to build Trump’s border wall won’t hurt force readiness About $3.6 billion in military construction funds will be reassigned to the border wall project under Trump's emergency order. By: Leo Shane III 3 days ago
Which construction projects would be affected if Trump uses military money to build a wall? More than $21 billion in planned military construction could be disrupted by the president's latest gambit on border security. By: Leo Shane III 4 days ago
Budget deal allows far less money than Trump wanted for wall Republicans were desperate to avoid another bruising shutdown. It's not clear whether President Donald Trump will support the deal, although GOP negotiators said they were hopeful. By: Andrew Taylor and Alan Fram, The Associated Press 6 days ago
Border showdown looms over State of the Union President Donald Trump called for bipartisanship while doubling down on assertions that the United States needed to increase security at the U.S.-Mexico border through construction of a wall. By: Jessie Bur February 5
Budget for fiscal 2020 expected to be released March 12 If you track the budget, keep mid-March free. By: Aaron Mehta January 28
Government to reopen for now, with back pay top priority The longest government shutdown in American history is over, after Congress passed legislation to temporarily fund government for the next three weeks. By: Jessie Bur and Joe Gould January 25
Shutdown Watch: Trump, Democrats reach deal to reopen government President Donald Trump announced Jan. 25 that he plans to sign legislation that would temporarily open government but does not include border wall funding. By: Jessie Bur December 20, 2018
Rhode Island lawmaker calls shutdown a Trump ‘distraction’ Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., says that President Donald Trump is using the shutdown to distract from other negative news faced by his administration. By: Jessie Bur January 14
Federal work at Superfund sites suspended during shutdown As President Donald Trump and Congress battle over Trump's demand for a wall on the southern U.S. border, the 3-week-old partial government shutdown has stopped federal work on toxic sites except for cases where the administration deems "there is an imminent threat to the safety of human life or to the protection of property." By: Ellen Knickmeyer and Kim Chandler, The Associated Press January 11
Alabama city built on federal dollars feeling shutdown pinch About 70 federal agencies are located at the Army’s 38,000-acre Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. As the government shutdown drags into a third week, people and businesses that rely on some facet of Washington-backed spending for their livelihood are showing the strain. By: Jay Reeves, The Associated Press January 11
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