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Shields and Brooks on budget deal economics, White House domestic abuse scandal
Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including the bipartisan budget deal that increases spending and add to the deficit, President Trump’s defense of a White House aide…
WATCH: White House says it is pushing ahead with plans for military parade
In a briefing to reporters, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said the parade plan reflects Trump's respect for the armed forces.
As shutdown looms, Pelosi says she opposes budget deal if there’s no promise of ‘Dreamer’ vote
Congress' latest funding fight runs into a new barrier.
The era of trillion-dollar budget deficits is making a comeback
A brewing budget deal would give whopping increases to both the Pentagon and domestic programs as lawmakers inch closer to an agreement. The final tally could total close to $400 billion.
The increase of about 10 percent for the Pentagon would fulfill a Trump campaign promise to build up the military.
Talks on a massive, government-wide spending bill have hit a snag as Republicans press demands for policy provisions on the environment, regulation of the financial services industry and making it more difficult for Syrian and Iraqi refugees to enter the…
The budget compromise forged by Congress and the Obama administration at the end of last month makes two fundamental changes in Social Security.
WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama on Monday signed into law a bipartisan budget bill that avoids a catastrophic U.S. default and puts off the next round of fighting over federal spending and debt until after next year's presidential and congressional…
In our news wrap Friday, 31 people, most of whom were children, drowned trying to cross from Turkey to Greece. On the island of Lesbos, bodies washed ashore including several babies. Also, President Obama says he's ready to sign a…
