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Defense funding roils 2018 budget fight
To break Democrats’ insistence on parity between defense and non-defense spending increases, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is arguing defense spending has been hit harder.
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Senate poised to pass budget deal with $1.4T for Pentagon; fight shifts to House
The U.S. Senate is expected to take up a bipartisan two-year spending legislation that hands a massive boost to the Pentagon, but its path through the House was cloudy Thursday.
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Senate rejects bipartisan immigration plan and Trump’s, too
The vote, 54-45, scuttled what had seemed the likeliest chance for sweeping immigration legislation to make it through the Senate this year. Trump’s own plan fared even worse as 60 senators voted no and just 39 voted for it.
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Russian cybercriminal sentenced to 14 years in prison
The man coordinated with hackers to infiltrate an Atlanta-based company that processed credit and debit card transactions for financial institutions.
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Shulkin urges emergency aid for VA private health care soon
In a fresh warning, Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin said Wednesday there could potentially be delays in providing medical care to tens of thousands of veterans if lawmakers don’t act soon to approve billions in emergency funding for the ailing private-sector Choice program.
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Congress again facing a looming VA care funding crisis
Money for VA Choice operations is set to run out in mid-January, forcing Congress to pass a program fix for the third time since last spring.
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Trump to impose tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum
President Trump summoned steel and aluminum executives to the White House and told them that next week he will levy penalties of 25 percent on steel and 10 percent on aluminum imports.
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Trump picks camera-proven Larry Kudlow as top economic aide
The famously pinstripe-suited Kudlow would succeed Gary Cohn, a former Goldman Sachs executive who is leaving the post in a dispute over Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on imported steel and aluminum.
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Shutdown clock ticking, GOP struggling for spending deal
With a shutdown clock ticking toward a Friday midnight deadline, congressional Republicans scrambled on Wednesday to finalize a must-pass spending bill.
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Trump signs, lauds tax overhaul, off to Florida for holidays
He also signed a temporary spending bill to keep the government running and provide money to upgrade the nation’s missile defenses. The tax cut, which fulfilled a long-held Republican goal, was at the forefront of Trump’s mind.
