President Trump signed these Medicare changes into law. Here’s what to watch for
Seemingly overnight, big changes to Medicare morphed from being an item on various congressional wish lists into reality as part of last week’s budget deal.
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PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode February 11, 2018
On this edition for Sunday, Feb. 11, the White House prepares to release a budget that will reportedly increase spending by nearly $300 billion over the next two years. Also, how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are dealing…
Lawmakers push for vote on budget deal to avoid government shutdown
House GOP leaders were working to shore up support among conservatives for the measure, which would shower the Pentagon with money but add hundreds of billions of dollars to the nation's $20 trillion-plus debt.
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Kelly defended an aide who'd been accused of domestic abuse by his two ex-wives.
Financing for the program expired last fall. Congress has temporarily extended its funding, but growing numbers of states have moved closer to exhausting their money.
There will be some familiar but stubborn clashes facing lawmakers Wednesday as Congress begins its 2018 session.
A short-term spending measure is keeping the government open through Jan. 19 at current funding levels. But when Congress returns from its holiday break, it will need to resolve differing spending priorities to avert a shutdown. Stan Collender, a professor…
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says he can't rule out a possible government shutdown later this week if Congress deadlocks on another temporary Washington spending bill, but thinks it's unlikely.
The president signed the two-week spending measure in private at the White House after the House and Senate acted to prevent a government shutdown this weekend.
