Tag: Spending

An F-35 jet arrives at it new operational base Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2015, at Hill Air Force Base, in northern Utah. Two F-35 jets touched down Wednesday afternoon at the base, about 20 miles north of Salt Lake City. A total of 72 of the fighter jets and their pilots will be permanently based in Utah.

National Security

Senate pushes ahead with bigger F-35 jet purchase

Travis J. Tritten · June 28, 2018 3:59 pm

Beltway Confidential

In Wisconsin, Trump will have voters to convince on Foxconn

Emily Jashinsky · June 28, 2018 2:45 pm

The House will vote on legislation to enhance the child tax credit

Paying off the interest on federal debt will hit budget hard, CBO finds

Joseph Lawler · June 27, 2018 4:02 am

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Republican lawmakers in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Tuesday, June 26, 2018, in Washington. From left, Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Ala., Sen. Richard Shelby, R-Ala., Trump, and Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen, R-N.J.

Trump calls for border wall funding in meeting with congressional appropriators

Gabby Morrongiello · June 26, 2018 5:45 pm

Posters comparing lethal amounts of heroin, fentanyl, and carfentanil, are on display during a news conference about the dangers of fentanyl.

Appropriations bill adds $3.7 billion for fighting opioid epidemic

Robert King · June 26, 2018 4:09 pm

The new USS Little Rock arrives at Buffalo harbor with a police and fireboat escort, Monday, Dec. 4, 2017, in Buffalo, N.Y. The littoral combat ship will be docked on the Lake Erie waterfront until its commissioning Dec. 16, 2017.

National Security

Senate defense bill boosts Navy littoral combat ship buy

Travis J. Tritten · June 26, 2018 3:30 pm

Though the federal debt issue has largely been forgotten in D.C., a Tuesday report from the Congressional Budget Office reminds us that it's far from gone. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)

Budget office: Debt on track to double in next 30 years, ‘substantial risks for the nation’

Joseph Lawler · June 26, 2018 2:01 pm

The F-35 fighter jet built by defense contractor Lockheed Martin, above. Executives from aerospace, defense and government services are optimistic about industry mergers in the remainder of the year, according to a survey by KippsDeSanto & Co., a Virginia-based investment bank.

National Security

House, Senate spending plans aim to boost F-35 purchases

Travis J. Tritten · June 26, 2018 1:23 pm

Discussions on the future of Social Security have occurred in Congress for years, and experts have warned that the program could be insolvent in 10 years if nothing is done.

Beltway Confidential

The Social Security crisis won’t be solved by more taxing and spending

Jake Grant · June 26, 2018 4:00 am

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., talks to reporters on Capitol Hill on June 19, 2018.

Senate breaks spending logjam passing first ‘minibus’ bill

Susan Ferrechio · June 25, 2018 10:18 pm

Beltway Confidential

Claire McCaskill attacked opponent for private plane in 2004 — now, she owns one

Emily Jashinsky · June 22, 2018 6:01 pm

Michael Wolff told Bill Maher recently he was "absolutely sure" the president is currently carrying out an extramarital affair, gesturing towards a passage in "Fire and Fury" that appears to be this one: "The president had been spending a notable amount of private time with Haley on Air Force One and was seen to be grooming her for a national political future."

Nikki Haley to Bernie Sanders: Ignore ‘patently ludicrous’ UN report on poverty

Joel Gehrke · June 21, 2018 6:17 pm