Spending

Congress has tried for years to fix the funding mechanism for fighting forest fires but has failed to find consensus. (Kent Porter/The Press Democrat via AP)

Energy and Environment

California wildfires force Congress to consider funding reforms

Josh Siegel -

October 11, 2017 4:01 am

Vice President Mike Pence flew from Las Vegas to Indianapolis, then left the game shortly after arriving after NFL players didn't stand for the national anthem. He then flew to Los Angeles. (Mark Henle/The Arizona Republic via AP)

News

Democrats grumble about costs of Mike Pence’s NFL ‘stunt’

Pete Kasperowicz -

October 9, 2017 12:35 pm

Beltway Confidential

Will the NFL’s reception in Los Angeles persuade cities and owners to resist relocation?

Eric Peterson -

October 8, 2017 4:01 am

Chao traveled on a government-owned Gulfstream IV, as well as two leased Cessnas, seven times over the last eight months according to reports. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

News

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao latest to face scrutiny on air travel

Melissa Quinn -

October 5, 2017 6:48 pm

Energy Secretary Rick Perry is the latest Cabinet-level official to be found to have used a chartered flight. Perry took a private chartered flight to visit a uranium-processing facility in Ohio the day before HHS Secretary Tom Price resigned. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

Energy and Environment

Rick Perry is the latest to board flight scandal

John Siciliano -

October 5, 2017 3:14 pm

For all the stories we saw about Trump's budget deal, very few hinted at the dishonest accounting tricks behind the granite façade of the Treasury Department. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Op-Eds

The accounting fraud behind the debt ceiling

Sheila Weinberg -

October 5, 2017 4:01 am

Ivanka Trump says the "pathway to well-paying jobs and rewarding careers," must begin "well before college or trade school."

Education

Ivanka Trump calls for computer science education to start in kindergarten

Victor I. Nava -

October 5, 2017 1:35 am

Democrats objected to Republican ideas for funding CHIP, especially charging high-income seniors higher Medicare premiums and using the Obamacare funding. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Healthcare

Funding roils talks on bipartisan children’s insurance program

Robert King -

October 4, 2017 6:25 pm

Upon leaving office, former presidents are entitled to an annual pension of $207,800, equal to the salary of a Cabinet secretary. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Beltway Confidential

Former presidents no longer need taxpayers to give them millions of dollars

Demian Brady -

October 4, 2017 5:25 pm

The debt grew $671 billion in the just-closed fiscal year, much lower than the more than $1 trillion annual growth in the debt under President Obama. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

News

National debt jumps $103 billion on first day of FY 2018

Pete Kasperowicz -

October 3, 2017 8:40 pm

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Tag: Spending

California wildfires force Congress to consider funding reforms

Democrats grumble about costs of Mike Pence’s NFL ‘stunt’

Will the NFL’s reception in Los Angeles persuade cities and owners to resist relocation?

Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao latest to face scrutiny on air travel

Rick Perry is the latest to board flight scandal

The accounting fraud behind the debt ceiling

Ivanka Trump calls for computer science education to start in kindergarten

Funding roils talks on bipartisan children’s insurance program

Former presidents no longer need taxpayers to give them millions of dollars

National debt jumps $103 billion on first day of FY 2018

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