• Why Republicans who once fought budget debt now embrace it

    Why Republicans who once fought budget debt now embrace it

    Dec 03, 2017 06:01 PM EDT

    ... an anchor. In short, we are on the verge of a debt crisis.” READ NEXT: What were the last-minute changes to the Senate tax bill? But on Friday, as the Senate debated its version of tax legislation, which it passed early Saturday, a rather different Republican Party was in ...

  • House passes $4T budget in step forward for Trump tax plan

    House passes $4T budget in step forward for Trump tax plan

    Oct 26, 2017 03:57 PM EDT

    ... Capitol concerned a flurry of horse trading as Republicans struggled to find ways to raise revenues to help finance cuts to individual and corporate tax rates. The goal is a full rewrite of the inefficient, loophole-laden tax code in hopes of lower rates for corporations and other businesses and ...

  • Economic adviser knocks Trump's response to Charlottesville

    Economic adviser knocks Trump's response to Charlottesville

    Aug 25, 2017 01:39 PM EDT

    ... our communities." Cohn, the director of the National Economic Council, outlined the administration's upcoming push to overhaul the nation's tax code in the interview. He said the bill could be passed in the House and Senate in 2017, pushing back the administration's timetable for a bill to ...

  • Postal Service may get more freedom to raise stamp prices

    Postal Service may get more freedom to raise stamp prices

    Aug 09, 2017 05:12 PM EDT

    ... the Postal Service would have to raise prices astronomically to fix it," he said. Ross, the shipping analyst, said the Postal Service would have to show restraint in raising rates or risk losing price-sensitive customers. Overly high rates, Ross said, would only "accelerate the demise of first-class mail."

  • If SNAP benefits are cut, who hurts the most?

    If SNAP benefits are cut, who hurts the most?

    Jul 19, 2017 08:53 PM EDT

    ... and soda, packed with sugar. A former nurse whose family manufactures plastic drinkware in Perryville, Arkansas, Bentley said she wanted to improve obesity and diabetes rates in Arkansas: “How do we get a fruit drink and not a soft drink to our kids?” In December 2016, Bentley introduced House Bill ...

  • Governors wary of Medicaid cost shift in Senate health plan

    Governors wary of Medicaid cost shift in Senate health plan

    Jun 23, 2017 02:05 PM EDT

    ... said in an interview with The Associated Press. A spokesman for Arizona's current governor, Republican Doug Ducey, said the governor was studying the GOP bill. Alaska Gov. Bill Walker, a Republican-turned-independent, said in a statement Thursday that he is still reviewing the Senate plan, but had some ...

  • Alabama residents left with one insurance option under ACA

    Alabama residents left with one insurance option under ACA

    Jun 17, 2017 08:17 PM EDT

    ... kinda got scared as to are we gonna have health insurance are we not? CHRISTOPHER BOOKER: Blue Cross Blue Shield declined our request for an interview, but in a previous statement said rising premium costs are in response to the greater use of medical services and diminished health of Obamacare ...

  • In Saudi visit, Trump offers contradictions from campaign

    In Saudi visit, Trump offers contradictions from campaign

    May 21, 2017 06:45 PM EDT

    Trump's visit to Saudi Arabia, at the start of his first trip abroad as president, has produced a number of statements that run counter to the harsh, anti-Muslim rhetoric from his 2016 campaign.

  • Lawmakers in 10 states push to raise marriage age

    Lawmakers in 10 states push to raise marriage age

    May 13, 2017 04:13 PM EDT

    Most Americans think of child marriage as a vestige of a bygone era. And yet in every state, people under 18 are allowed to marry.

  • Beyond 100 days, Trump faces more legislative challenges

    Beyond 100 days, Trump faces more legislative challenges

    Apr 30, 2017 09:10 PM EDT

    President Donald Trump faces a week with a deadline to avert a government shutdown and the possibility of progress on health care.