May 25 WATCH LIVE: Budget director Mick Mulvaney testifies to Congress on the Trump budget By News Desk On Thursday, budget director Mick Mulvaney testified to Congress on President Donald Trump's budget. Continue reading
May 23 Watch 10:24 Debating the impact of Trump’s stark budget departure By PBS News Hour The White House says President Trump's first full proposed budget puts taxpayers first. His plan would dramatically reduce Medicaid spending, food benefits and Social Security Disability Insurance, while boosting defense funding. Lisa Desjardins reports and Hari Sreenivasan gets views from… Continue watching
May 23 White House wants to halt ethics office’s inquiry into ex-lobbyists in administration By Julie Bykowicz, Associated Press Trump's budget director Mick Mulvaney is asking that ethics director Walter Shaub halt his inquiry into lobbyists-turned-Trump administration employees. Shaub fired back that the ethics office's request is well within bounds. Continue reading
May 23 WATCH: Mick Mulvaney presents Trump’s $4 trillion budget By Andrew Taylor and Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press Writers Tuesday's budget blueprint faces a skeptical reception from Congress. Continue reading
May 22 President Trump’s budget proposal includes huge cuts to food stamps By Andrew Taylor, Associated Press President Donald Trump's budget would drive millions of people off of food stamps, part of a new wave of spending cut proposals that already are getting panned by lawmakers in both parties on Capitol Hill. Continue reading
May 05 Draft proposal shows the Trump administration may gut the drug czar’s office By Laura Santhanam The Trump administration is considering drastic cuts that would all but eliminate the Office of National Drug Control Policy, a White House official and agency email confirmed to the NewsHour Friday. According to a draft proposal obtained by NewsHour,… Continue reading
May 02 Watch 11:26 The ripple effects of what Trump says and tweets By PBS News Hour President Trump has given a flurry of interviews in the past week and made a dizzying amount of news, offering controversial and sometimes contradictory comments on topics ranging from North Korea to the Civil War. Judy Woodruff tries parsing the… Continue watching
May 02 Watch 5:23 News Wrap: Trump and Putin agree to step up Syria diplomacy By PBS News Hour Continue watching
May 02 WATCH: Spicer, Mulvaney address budget deal in White House briefing By News Desk Spicer and Mulvaney are expected to speak around 1:30 p.m. Watch live here. Continue reading
Apr 26 Watch 11:12 Mulvaney: Trump tax plan benefits middle class and ‘the places where they work’ By PBS News Hour The Trump administration has released an outline of what it calls "the largest tax reform" in U.S. history. White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney sat down with Judy Woodruff to discuss the president’s goal of driving economic growth, whether or… Continue watching