Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert, center, stares straight while Army Chief of Staff Gen. Raymond Odierno reads an opening statement as they testified on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2013, before the Senate Armed Services Committee on budget cuts to the military. The nation's top military officers warned that automatic budget cuts will compromise the armed services' ability to defend the U.S. and could cause higher casualties. The chiefs of the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines are telling Congress the cuts will force reductions in manpower, training and weapons purchases. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Military joint chiefs warn about defense cuts

Washington Examiner · November 7, 2013 5:00 am

State Sen. Joel Anderson, R-Alpine, works at his desk before lawmakers gathered for the start of the Senate session in Sacramento, Calif., Saturday, Sept. 9, 2013. (AP File)

Washington Post: California lawmakers will take a $5,000 pay raise

Washington Examiner · November 7, 2013 5:00 am

FILE - In this Friday, May 3, 2013, file photo, specialists Devin Cryan, left, and Gabriel Freytes wear "Dow 15,000" hats as they work at a post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. The economy is being slowed by a tight job market, scant pay raises and weak business investment. Yet corporate profits are reaching record highs and fueling record stock prices. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

U.S. stocks advance to records amid Fed stimulus speculation

Bloomberg News · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

A statue of former Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin stands outside the Treasury Building in Washington. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

Government to sell Treasury security with variable rate

Martin Crutsinger · November 6, 2013 5:00 am

A Tufted Puffin flies over Hawadax Island in the Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. (AP/Island Conservation)

Report: Wildlife refuges create $2B for economy

Matthew Daly · November 5, 2013 6:07 pm

President Barack Obama meets with business leaders to discuss immigration reform, Tuesday, Nov. 5, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are, the president, Motorola CEO Greg Brown, and McDonald's President and CEO Don Thompson. (AP/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama meets with business leaders to push immigration reform

Susan Crabtree · November 5, 2013 5:00 am

USA Today: Food stamp cuts hit about 5,000 troops

USA Today: Food stamp cuts hit about 5,000 troops

Washington Examiner · November 5, 2013 5:00 am

President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama on Tuesday surprised visitors as tours to the White House resumed. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

President, first lady surprise visitors as White House tours resume

Meghashyam Mali · November 5, 2013 5:00 am

Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisc., left, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., emerge from an initial meeting of the budget conference committee at the Capitol. (Evan Vucci/AP)

Education Week: Education Cuts Hang in Balance as Budget Haggling Begins

Washington Examiner · November 4, 2013 5:00 am

Gainesville (Ga.) Times: Area seniors may go hungry because of federal budget cuts

Washington Examiner · November 4, 2013 5:00 am

Chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers Jason Furman speaks to reporters gathered at the Seib-Wessell breakfast in Washington, D.C. on Monday, Nov. 4, 2013. (Melissa Golden for The Wall Street Journal)

Wall Street Journal: Furman: White House to Give Congress Wide Berth on Budget

Washington Examiner · November 4, 2013 5:00 am

Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh told the Colorado Springs Gazette in an interview published Monday that across-the-board cuts proposed over 10 years are a bad idea and a bad business model. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

National Security

Air Force chief has own ideas for budget cuts

Associated Press · November 4, 2013 5:00 am