Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, before the Senate Armed Services Committee. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

National Security

Navy official: 2016 budget request in line with new strategy

Tara Copp · February 4, 2015 5:44 pm

Report: Only France has higher corporate tax than US, by just 0.7%

Paul Bedard · February 4, 2015 5:41 pm

"I'd like to go toe to toe with Obama ... because what the president has done is blatantly unconstitutional," Sen. John Boozman said Tuesday. (AP)

Republicans weigh how far to push Obama on DHS funding

Susan Ferrechio · February 4, 2015 10:00 am

"Upholding our sacred obligation [to the military] does not mean resisting change at every turn," said McCain.

National Security

Lawmakers keep ‘open mind’ on reforms to military benefits

Tara Copp · February 3, 2015 10:55 pm

A U.S. Postal service employee loads his van as he prepares to leave the loading dock to deliver mail from the Los Feliz Post Office.

Poor customer service at post office blamed on unions

Sean Higgins · February 3, 2015 10:52 pm

Surrender? Obama cuts immunization funding for poor $50 million

Surrender? Obama cuts immunization funding for poor $50 million

Paul Bedard · February 3, 2015 7:34 pm

Members of the US Army 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, transport heavy combat equipment including Bradley Fighting Vehicles and Stryker Armored Vehicles at the railway station near the Rukla military base in Lithuania, on October 4, 2014. (PETRAS MALUKAS/AFP/Getty Ima

National Security

Pentagon: Tight budgets hurting ability to handle threats

Charles Hoskinson · February 3, 2015 6:22 pm

National Security

Rep. Randy Forbes pushes military to grow, not shrink

Tara Copp · February 3, 2015 4:35 pm

Jack Lew says economy in ‘self-sustaining growth’

Jack Lew says economy in ‘self-sustaining growth’

Joseph Lawler · February 3, 2015 4:23 pm

VIDEO: Boehner says Obama provided a ‘good laugh’ with budget proposal

VIDEO: Boehner says Obama provided a ‘good laugh’ with budget proposal

Steve Doty · February 3, 2015 3:47 pm

GOP faces trial by budget

GOP faces trial by budget

David M. Drucker · February 3, 2015 11:50 am

"Don't jeopardize our national security over this disagreement," Obama told GOP lawmakers. (AP)

Obama tries to get GOP to blink with Homeland Security rhetoric

Brian Hughes · February 3, 2015 10:00 am