Mar 13 Paul Manafort faces new fraud charges on top of 7.5 years in prison. Read the indictment By Erica R. Hendry, Daniel Bush The former Trump campaign chair was indicted Wednesday for allegedly running a multi-million dollar mortgage fraud scheme in New York four years ago. Continue reading
Mar 13 WATCH: NASA administrator says new rocket won’t be ready for moon shot next year By Associated Press Bridenstine told lawmakers in his opening remarks that he is confident the U.S. will be able to continue being a leader in space. Continue reading
Mar 13 Manafort sentenced to additional 3.5 years in prison By Eric Tucker, Chad Day, Associated Press Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was convicted of bank and tax fraud and pleaded guilty to two conspiracy counts. Continue reading
Mar 12 Watch 7:53 At U.S.-Mexico border, migrants seeking legal entry are stranded in hazardous ‘limbo’ By Amna Nawaz, Rachel Wellford Much of President Trump’s rhetoric over immigration focuses on the people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border illegally. But what is the situation for the thousands who wait on a daily basis to enter through legal means? In the second installment of… Continue watching
Mar 12 Trump tweets ‘airplanes are becoming too complex to fly’ By Kevin Freking, Associated Press President Donald Trump lamented the complexity of modern airplanes Tuesday in the wake of two deadly crashes in the past five months, appearing to speculate on the cause of the disasters before aviation experts from the United States and elsewhere… Continue reading
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