Feb 14 Watch 4:31 News Wrap: After praising Rob Porter, Trump says he’s ‘totally opposed’ to domestic violence By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, President Trump publicly condemned domestic abuse for the first time since aide Rob Porter resigned. House Oversight chair Rep. Trey Gowdy said he’s opening an investigation into how the White House handled Porter’s case. Also,… Continue watching
Feb 10 Lobbying expenses spiked as Congress shaped tax overhaul By Richard Lardner, Associated Press Money spent on lobbying by corporations, trade associations and special interest groups spiked during the final three months of 2017. Continue reading
Feb 09 Watch 7:10 The budget deal will add billions to the deficit. What are the benefits and risks? After a brief government shutdown early Friday, Congress approved and President Trump signed a budget deal that's expected to add around $300 billion to the deficit over a decade. Should Americans be concerned? Judy Woodruff gets reactions from Jared Bernstein… Continue watching
Feb 09 Congress votes to reopen government, passes budget deal By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The House moved swiftly early Friday to reopen the federal government and pass a $400 billion budget deal, overcoming opposition from both liberal Democrats and tea party conservatives to endorse enormous spending increases despite looming trillion-dollar deficits. Continue reading
Feb 08 Live Updates: House OKs budget deal, ending shutdown By Associated Press The House has narrowly passed a sweeping bipartisan budget accord, ending an hours-long government shutdown and clearing a path for huge spending increases for both the Pentagon and domestic programs. Continue reading
Feb 08 Watch 8:08 Why Congress’ budget solution might not avert a shutdown By PBS News Hour Senate leaders labored all day to move forward on a bipartisan funding bill to keep the government running, while the House of Representatives waited to cast its own vote. The 600-plus page bill provides more military spending, as well as… Continue watching
Feb 08 WATCH: White House says it’s still confident in chief of staff Kelly Kelly defended an aide who'd been accused of domestic abuse by his two ex-wives. Continue reading
Feb 06 Watch 9:18 Trump talks about a shutdown over immigration, but Congress takes a different tack By PBS News Hour In Washington, immigration and spending are on a collision course -- with a Thursday night deadline. The House and Senate moved on separate tracks Tuesday to avert a new government shutdown, while President Trump dared Democrats not to cooperate. Lisa… Continue watching
Feb 06 Congress’ latest funding fight, explained By Lisa Desjardins Congress needs to reach a spending deal in the next few days to avoid another government shutdown. Continue reading
Feb 04 Both GOP and Democratic lawmakers say memo doesn’t clear Trump in probe By Hope Yen, Associated Press Democratic and Republican lawmakers said Sunday that a GOP-produced congressional memo on FBI surveillance powers did not clear President Donald Trump in the Russia investigation, and they expressed hope that special counsel Robert Mueller's work would continue without interference. Continue reading