Tag: Spending

FILE - In this Aug. 7, 2017 file photo, the full moon sets behind Hunt Mountain on a privately owned tract of land surrounded by land that now comprises the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument near Patten, Maine.

Energy and Environment

Senate committee advances bill saving conservation fund for national parks

Josh Siegel · October 2, 2018 5:22 pm

This Oct. 2, 2013, file photo shows a view seen on the way to Glacier Point in the Yosemite National Park in California.

Energy and Environment

Congress under pressure to re-up conservation fund for parks after letting it expire

Josh Siegel · October 1, 2018 6:37 pm

Actress America Ferrera, surrounded by House Democrats and immigration leaders, speaks on the steps of the Capitol on Wednesday during a new conference. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)

Congress must reform its budget process, but not like this

Barry Poulson · October 1, 2018 12:00 am

The US is a global leader — and a laggard — in education spending

Vicki Alger · September 28, 2018 4:00 am

President Trump speaks to participants of the annual March for Life event in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Friday, Jan. 19, 2018.

Anti-abortion groups call on Trump to veto spending bill over Planned Parenthood funding

Robert King · September 26, 2018 8:49 pm

The world 'Truth' is etched on a pillar in the new NBC studios.

State debt, by the map: How does your state compare?

Sheila Weinberg · September 26, 2018 1:18 am

President Trump is seen along the West Wing Colonnade at the White House in Washington, D.C.

Boeing widens military winning streak with $2.4 billion ‘Huey’ deal

James Langford · September 24, 2018 9:41 pm

U.S. deterrence policy has generated plenty of criticism from Capitol Hill. But that has been aimed at the administration's supposedly narrow view of what constitutes an attack and unwillingness to spell out likely responses.

Beltway Confidential

Despite Obamacare, healthcare spending is spiraling out of control

Sally Pipes · September 21, 2018 4:59 pm

President Trump said it "would be good to have a pilot" in that role.

As lawmakers near compromise on FAA funding, airlines hike prices on checked bags

Joe Williams · September 21, 2018 1:42 pm

Jackpots and Crackpots

The Scrapbook · September 21, 2018 10:23 am

A U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent passes along a section of border wall in Hidalgo, Texas.

Trump questions lack of border wall money in ‘ridiculous’ spending bill

Katelyn Caralle · September 20, 2018 12:22 pm

President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference with Polish President Andrzej Duda in the East Room of the White House, Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2018, in Washington.

Single payer ‘can’t be afforded,’ says Trump

Kimberly Leonard · September 19, 2018 7:45 pm