Budget Battles
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McConnell: Entitlement Cuts Probably Won’t Happen Under Trump
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Republicans Ignore the Obvious Effect of Their Tax Cuts
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Federal Deficit Jumps 17 Percent to $779 Billion
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Trump’s Border Wall: A Christmastime Clash Is Coming
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GOP Lawmakers Push Back on Trump’s Federal Pay Freeze
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Larry Kudlow Wants to Put a ‘Big Dent’ in Government Spending
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Four States That Will Founder When the Next Recession Hits
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Why Trump May Opt for a Shutdown
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Trump Blasts ‘Ridiculous’ Spending Bill: Is a Shutdown Back on the Table?
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Are Deficit Hawks Dead or Just Playing Possum?
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Why Democrats Want to Bring Back Earmarks
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Congress Reaches Spending Deal to Avoid Shutdown. Will Trump Go Along?
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Obama: 'Suddenly Deficits Do Not Matter'
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Freedom Caucus Divided on Shutdown
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Trump Told GOP Leaders He Won’t Force a Shutdown. Will He Keep That Promise?
Newsletter
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Quote of the Week: Trump’s Big Bet on Supply-Side Economics
“There has never been a President with policies so simultaneously bullish and bearish as Donald Trump! He is stepping on the economy’s accelerator and brakes at the same time. … Trump is making a...
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Kamala Harris' Trillion-Dollar Tax Plan
Republicans aren’t the only ones coming up with trillion-dollar tax plans. California’s Kamala Harris, a rising Democratic star in the Senate, released a proposal Thursday to repeal the $1.9 trillion...
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Trump’s New Medicaid Chief Is a Medicaid Critic
The Trump administration has reportedly named Mary Mayhew , a former Maine health commissioner, as deputy administrator and director of Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)...
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Trump Administration Seeks to Force Drugmakers to Post Prices in Ads
The Trump administration is pushing ahead with its plan to require drugmakers to disclose their list prices for medications in consumer advertising, much as they warn about possible side effects. The...
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Federal Deficit Jumps 17 Percent to $779 Billion
Despite a strong economy and robust job market, the federal budget deficit swelled to $779 billion in fiscal 2018, up $113 billion from 2017, according to final numbers released Monday by the...
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Medicare Advantage Riding High as New Insurers Flock to Sell to Seniors
Health care experts widely expected the Affordable Care Act to hobble Medicare Advantage, the government-funded private health plans that millions of seniors have chosen as an alternative to original...
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Fact Check: Who’s Right on Protections for Preexisting Conditions?
Ensuring that people with preexisting health conditions can get and keep health insurance is the most popular part of the Affordable Care Act. It has also become a flashpoint in this fall’s campaigns...