Treasury Secretary: COVID-19 Economic Aid ‘Still Needed’
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin said Tuesday a second massive round of aid addressing the economic impact of the coronavirus pandem...
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Trump Again Proposes Big Cut to Foreign Aid
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration is proposing a 21% cut in aid the United States provides to foreign countries, wit...
Trump Presents Election-Year Budget Based on Lofty Growth Assumptions
With months left before U.S. elections, President Donald Trump unveiled a budget roadmap on Monday that abandons key deficit cutting...
$1.4 Trillion Spending Package Crammed with Unrelated Provisions
House leaders on Monday unveiled a $1.4 trillion government-wide spending package that's carrying an unusually large load of un...
US House Panel Agrees to 10-day Hold in Fight for Trump Financial Data
A House of Representatives committee on Monday told the U.S. Supreme Court it would agree to a 10-day hold - but not a longer delay...
US Budget Deficit Hits $984 Billion, Highest in 7 Years
The federal deficit for the 2019 budget year surged to $984.4 billion, its highest point in seven years, and is widely expected to t...
Bipartisan Shrug as US Budget Deficit Nears $1 Trillion
Washington is drowning in red ink again, yet the mounting fiscal problem is prompting collective yawns from the Trump Administration...
Report: Trump Orders Substantial Cut in National Security Council Staff
U.S. President Donald Trump has asked for a substantial cut in the National Security Council staff, Bloomberg reported late on Frida...
US EPA Blasts California Air Quality, Threatens to Withdraw Highway Funds
The Trump administration on Tuesday escalated its fight with California over environmental issues by threatening to withdraw billion...
House Democrats Offer Bill to Fund Government, Avoid Shutdown
Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a stopgap government funding bill Wednesday that would maintain current sp...
Lawmaker: Congress Would Restore Ukraine Military Aid
This story originated in VOA’s Ukrainian Service. Nataliya Leonova reported from Washington and Myroslava Gongadze reported from Kyi...
