Tag: Spending

President Trump's budget request will reportedly seek to balance the federal government's budget in 10 years with a mix of significant spending cuts and more favorable assumptions about economic growth. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump budget to balance cuts with rosy growth assumptions

Joseph Lawler · May 19, 2017 3:15 pm

President Trump's draft budget would cut the renewable office from $762 million for fiscal 2017 to $160 million. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Energy and Environment

GOP appropriators press Trump not to gut Energy Department

John Siciliano · May 18, 2017 4:51 pm

Bill would secure funding for projects over five years, with renewable energy, energy efficiency and electric grid upgrades top priorities. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Energy and Environment

House Democrats propose $85 billion environmental infrastructure bill

John Siciliano · May 17, 2017 9:30 pm

Over the next two years, this Congress has the opportunity to make good on its promise to protect the taxpayers' interest. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Energy and Environment

Draft: Energy Department’s renewable office gutted under Trump’s budget

John Siciliano · May 17, 2017 4:13 pm

The military has run up huge tabs and delays on major weapons systems such as the Ford-class aircraft carriers and the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. (US Air Force)

National Security

Delays in US weapons buying ‘worse than ever,’ says former Air Force acquisitions chief

Travis J. Tritten · May 17, 2017 3:20 pm

In this March 30, 2017 file photo, Workers use a crane to lift a segment of a new fence into place on the U.S. side of the border with Mexico, where Sunland Park, N.M., meets the Anapra neighborhood of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

Beltway Confidential

Byron York: Senators tell sanctuaries to obey the law, or pay for the wall

Byron York · May 17, 2017 2:20 pm

Sheriff Jim McDonnell of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said in his prepared testimony to the subcommittee on crime that jail infrastructure is a "huge challenge" sheriffs face. (AP Photo/Amanda Myers)

Law enforcement asks House for more money, resources

Kelly Cohen · May 17, 2017 12:58 pm

The $603 billion plan calls for nine Navy destroyers instead of eight and proposes the same 70 Lockheed Martin F-35 joint strike fighters and 14 Boeing F/A-18 Super Hornets projected by the prior administration. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

National Security

Trump defense budget mirrors Obama on ships, aircraft, report says

Travis J. Tritten · May 16, 2017 9:09 pm

Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe listens to opening statements at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill Thursday, May 11, 2017, before he testifies on worldwide threats to the United States. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

National Security

FBI disputes press reports: We have ‘adequate resources’ for Russia probe

Alex Pappas · May 11, 2017 4:06 pm

If Trump and Kushner are serious about draining the Beltway swamp, the quickest, most effective and lasting way might be to eliminate the grants-in-aid regime that produces so much of the bureaucratic mire. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Federal grants are the key to constraining bureaucracy

Dan Benson · May 11, 2017 4:04 am

Democrats also asked the administration to turn over records relating to the cost-sharing program dating back to Trump's first day in office. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Democrats demand Trump turn over Obamacare records

Susan Ferrechio · May 8, 2017 7:59 pm

Protecting President Trump and his family on their travel excursions since he took office has cost taxpayers approximately $30 million, according to estimates from a report. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

National Security

Protecting Trump and his family on their travels cost $30 million so far, report says

Kyle Feldscher · May 8, 2017 3:15 pm