Mar 12 WATCH: HHS Secretary Azar defends proposed cuts to Medicare hospital payments By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Catherine Lucey, Associated Press The administration argues that the budget doesn't cut Medicare benefits to seniors but makes better use of taxpayers' dollars and helps reduce Medicare spending by lowering prescription drug costs. Continue reading
Mar 12 New Mexico weighs pot legalization and America’s first government-run shops By Morgan Lee, Associated Press The idea for state-run pot shops comes from a trio of GOP state senators who broke with local Republican Party orthodoxy to embrace legal marijuana with a decidedly big-government approach that would have the state directly oversee most sales —… Continue reading
Mar 12 WATCH: OMB acting director acknowledges ballooning deficit in House hearing Russ Vought was grilled by the House Budget Committee about the high deficits and deep spending cuts in President Donald Trump's proposed $4.7 trillion budget. Continue reading
Mar 11 5 things you should know about Trump’s 2020 budget proposal By Lisa Desjardins The White House’s $4.75 trillion proposed budget is not expected to become law. But the proposal is significant because it launched the politically bloody spending fight ahead. Continue reading
Mar 11 Watch 8:41 How Trump’s proposed 2020 budget hinges on significant economic growth The White House has released President Trump’s proposed 2020 budget. The record $4.7 trillion plan calls for increased military spending and $8.6 billion for Trump’s controversial border wall, along with significant cuts to domestic programs. Judy Woodruff talks to the… Continue watching
Mar 11 Watch 6:31 How surge in family border crossings is complicating enforcement By Amna Nawaz, Rachel Wellford In the Yuma sector of the southwestern Arizona border, Border Patrol officials are observing dramatic shifts in the migrant populations they apprehend. In the past, a majority of migrants caught crossing illegally were single men. Now 90% of those apprehended… Continue watching
Mar 11 Watch 2:09 Campaign updates from 2020 Democrats — and 1 Republican Democratic presidential hopefuls courted voters across the country over the weekend. Indiana mayor Pete Buttigieg spoke at the popular South by Southwest conference and festival in Austin, Texas, while Sen. Bernie Sanders campaigned in New Hampshire. Meanwhile, polls among Iowa… Continue watching
Mar 11 Watch 6:40 Stu Rothenberg and Susan Page on Pelosi’s impeachment comments, 2020 Democrats Stuart Rothenberg of Inside Elections and Susan Page of USA Today join John Yang to discuss the week in politics, including House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s recent comments about not pursuing impeachment of President Trump, Democratic campaign strategy ahead of 2020,… Continue watching
Mar 11 Stacey Abrams on how Democrats could win 2020 By Matt Loffman, Rebecca Oh More than a dozen Democrats are vying to take on President Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election. Will Stacey Abrams be one of them?… Continue reading
Mar 11 Leaders invite NATO secretary-general to address Congress By Laurie Kellman, Associated Press Leaders of both parties are inviting NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg to address a joint meeting of Congress next month around the 70th anniversary of the trans-Atlantic alliance. Continue reading