Spending

Freedom of Information Act records obtained by the Environmental Integrity Project show Scott Pruitt has taken more trips at higher costs than his predecessors and been less transparent about his schedule. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Energy and Environment

EPA’s Scott Pruitt racked up $90K in travel costs in early June: Report

Anna Giaritelli -

February 12, 2018 1:27 pm

Beltway Confidential

Can the ‘Supercommittee II’ fix Congress’ dysfunction?

Susan Ferrechio -

February 12, 2018 5:01 am

FILE - In this July 9, 2017 file photo, Amtrak workers continue ongoing infrastructure renewal work beneath Penn Station in New York. President Donald Trump on Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, will unveil his long-awaited infrastructure plan, a $1.5 billion proposal that fulfills a number of campaign goals, but relies heavily on state and local governments to produce much of the funding.
The administration's plan is centered on using $200 billion in federal money to leverage local and state tax dollars to fix America's infrastructure, such as roads, highways, ports and airports. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)

Columnists

On infrastructure, Trump administration seeks to avoid Obama stimulus trap

W. James Antle III -

February 12, 2018 2:00 am

File- This Jan. 22, 2018, file photo shows Director of the Office of Management and Budget Mick Mulvaney talking during a television interview outside the White House in Washington. Mulvaney, the former tea party congressman who runs the White House budget office, said Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018, that Trump's new budget, if implemented, would tame the deficit over time, though unlike last year's submission, it wouldn't promise to balance the federal ledger eventually. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Economy

Trump’s budget will propose cutting $3 trillion, set goal of reducing the debt rather than balancing the budget

Joseph Lawler, Kyle Feldscher -

February 12, 2018 2:00 am

U.S. military troops load jugs of drinking water into a helicopter at the airport in Port-au-Prince Haiti, Friday, Oct. 14, 2016. A group of generals wrote a letter to President Trump encouraging him not to cut funding to diplomatic and humanitarian programs. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Immigration

150 retired generals ask Congress not to cut diplomatic spending

Steven Nelson -

February 11, 2018 8:41 pm

Immigration

Jim Jordan: Freedom Caucus won’t support joint immigration package with the border wall, DACA

Naomi Lim -

February 11, 2018 5:58 pm

Rep. Mark Meadows said the spending deal, in which Republicans agreed to more domestic spending in exchange for a massive bump in military funds, shows influence-peddling in Washington has grown worse, not better. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

News

Mark Meadows: ‘The swamp is obviously deeper’ in Washington under Trump

Steven Nelson -

February 11, 2018 5:50 pm

News

Mick Mulvaney: Two-year budget deal passed by Congress not ‘written in stone’

Naomi Lim -

February 11, 2018 4:50 pm

Economy

Tiny Berea College’s $1 million tax reprieve shows how the sausage gets made

Joseph Lawler -

February 11, 2018 12:01 am

The media have painted a picture in which President Trump routinely implies so-called

Beltway Confidential

The media’s DACA scam isn’t working

Eddie Scarry -

February 10, 2018 5:01 am

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Tag: Spending

EPA’s Scott Pruitt racked up $90K in travel costs in early June: Report

On infrastructure, Trump administration seeks to avoid Obama stimulus trap

Trump’s budget will propose cutting $3 trillion, set goal of reducing the debt rather than balancing the budget

150 retired generals ask Congress not to cut diplomatic spending

Jim Jordan: Freedom Caucus won’t support joint immigration package with the border wall, DACA

Mark Meadows: ‘The swamp is obviously deeper’ in Washington under Trump

Mick Mulvaney: Two-year budget deal passed by Congress not ‘written in stone’

Tiny Berea College’s $1 million tax reprieve shows how the sausage gets made

The media’s DACA scam isn’t working

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