Nation Feb 12 House Republicans reveal their budget blueprint House Republicans release their long-promised budget outline as they seek to fulfill President Trump’s agenda while cutting both the deficit and taxes. But it remains unclear whether the plan will achieve those goals, or if it even has the votes.
Politics Feb 07 Courts and Congress struggle to keep up with Trump as he reshapes American government Courts and Congress are struggling to keep up with the breakneck pace as the Trump administration dramatically reshapes the American government, national politics and international order. The president promised more cuts and further political payback, even as the courts stepped…
Nation Feb 06 How the federal funding freeze is impacting community health and Head Start programs A broad federal funding freeze announced by the Trump administration last week, and blocked by a pair of judges, is destabilizing a wide range of programs despite the court interventions. Some Community Health and Head Start programs have sporadically been…
Nation Feb 05 Trump's mass resignation offer creates widespread confusion for federal workers More than two million civilian federal workers across the country are facing a deadline. They can either accept an offer from the Trump administration to resign and keep pay and benefits through September, or they can pass on the offer…
Politics Feb 04 Senate committees clear path for confirmations of Gabbard and RFK Jr. Two of President Trump’s most embattled nominees cleared major hurdles on their paths to confirmation. The Senate Finance Committee voted along party lines to send Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s nomination to lead Health and Human Services to the full Senate…
Politics Feb 03 The potential national and global impact of USAID's closure The U.S. agency tasked with overseeing foreign aid is put on the chopping block with potential risks for national security. Lisa Desjardins reports on the mass layoffs within the U.S. foreign aid program and the possible effects here and abroad.
Politics Jan 30 Republican senators express doubts about RFK Jr. in latest confirmation hearing In a make-or-break hearing, Health and Human Services nominee Robert F. Kennedy Jr. went before a second committee and it revealed Republican doubts about him. Lisa Desjardins reports on where lawmakers' support stands.
Politics Jan 29 RFK Jr. faces questions over vaccine skepticism, Medicaid reform at confirmation hearing On Capitol Hill, one of President Trump’s most consequential and controversial nominees made his case for the top job at the Department of Health and Human Services. In his first of two hearings, former environmental lawyer and presidential candidate Robert…
Politics Jan 27 Trump gathers with GOP lawmakers to determine tactics to move his agenda forward The Trump administration ended week one with a mass firing of inspectors general, a weekend uptick of immigration arrests and a day-long fight over deportations and tariffs with Colombia. The president is now meeting with House Republicans at his golf…
Politics Jan 23 Trump lays out demands in virtual reintroduction to world stage President Trump took his first major foray on the world stage with a virtual speech with business leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Lisa Desjardins reports.