Tag: Spending

Applications for disability benefits plummet, extending life expectancy of program

Brooke Conrad · June 20, 2018 9:59 pm

The shelter used to house unaccompanied foreign children in Tornillo, Texas.

Putting migrant children in tent cities costs $775 per person per night: Report

Katelyn Caralle · June 20, 2018 9:54 am

This photo shows a general view of the Human Rights Room at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland.

Beltway Confidential

The UN Human Rights Council is the world’s least funny joke

Tom Rogan · June 19, 2018 9:20 pm

U.S. Capitol Building, Thursday, August 8th, 2013

Beltway Confidential

Congress has until Friday to approve Trump’s savvy spending cuts

Mattie Duppler · June 18, 2018 4:07 pm

FILE - In this March 11, 2018, file photo, fans wait for an MLS soccer match between D.C. United and Atlanta United in Atlanta. A FIFA evaluation committee wrapped up its visit to Atlanta on Wednesday, checking out possible venues for the 2026 World Cup. The committee toured Mercedes-Benz Stadium, one of the proposed venues for the joint bid from the United States, Canada and Mexico. The visit also included stops at the Georgia World Congress Center, which could presumably serve as the media headquarters, as well as Atlanta United's suburban training facility.

Beltway Confidential

The 2026 World Cup isn’t worth it

Tom Joyce · June 13, 2018 4:53 pm

Mick Mulvaney seeks 20 percent funding cut for CFPB

Joseph Lawler · June 12, 2018 9:22 pm

Members Congress clinb the steps of the House of Representatives for final votes, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, July 31, 2014. Congress ran full-tilt into election-year gridlock over immigration Thursday and staggered toward a five-week summer break with no agreement in sight on legislation to cope with the influx of young immigrants flocking illegally to the United States. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House vote signals spending battles for Congress this summer

Susan Ferrechio · June 11, 2018 4:00 am

The real shame of the opioid crisis: An addiction industry that keeps preying on victims

Kelly O'Connor · June 9, 2018 4:00 am

House votes for regular audits of Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation

Susan Ferrechio · June 8, 2018 3:46 pm

President Trump speaks during a bill signing ceremony for the "VA Mission Act" in the Rose Garden of the White House, Wednesday, June 6, 2018, in Washington.

House approves Trump’s bill to slash $15 billion in federal funds

Al Weaver · June 8, 2018 1:20 am

Budget deficit jumps nearly $100 billion in first eight months of fiscal 2018

Pete Kasperowicz · June 8, 2018 1:07 am

Beltway Confidential

Slothful Senate must deliver results in August

Rachel Bovard · June 7, 2018 6:58 pm