Texas stops providing new funding for border wall construction
AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas has stopped putting new money toward building a U.S.-Mexico border wall, shifting course after installing only ...
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Florida budget puts millions in reserves as economic uncertainty brews. Here’s a look by the numbers
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- On the 105th day of what was supposed to be a 60-day session, Florida lawmakers gave final ...
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What’s targeted in Trump’s request for $9.4 billion in budget cuts from Congress
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump is looking to cancel $9.4 billion in spending already approved by Congress. That's just a ...
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South Carolina’s Republican governor keeps veto pen mostly capped for budget
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The invitation from South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster said he was bringing reporters together Wednesday to talk ...
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Chicago risks severe cuts to transit. Its poorest suburbs could be hit even harder
HARVEY, Ill. -- Winfred Wilson was struggling to make ends meet on less than $700 a month, so he moved ...
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Harvard holds commencement amid Trump funding cuts, threats to international students
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Harvard University is holding its commencement Thursday at a pivotal moment, when its place as one of ...
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North Dakota governor vetoes the housing budget — by mistake
When North Dakota Gov. Kelly Armstrong took up an agency budget bill approved by the legislature, he vetoed a couple ...
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Trump’s clash with the courts raises prospect of showdown over separation of powers
DENVER -- Tucked deep in the thousand-plus pages of the multitrillion-dollar budget bill making its way through the Republican-controlled U.S. ...
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Trump budget would cut ocean data and leave boaters, anglers and forecasters scrambling for info
Capt. Ed Enos makes his living as a harbor pilot in Hawaii, clambering aboard arriving ships in the predawn hours ...
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Republicans forge their tax bill in Trump’s image, with ‘MAGA accounts’ and more
WASHINGTON -- Days before Republicans unveiled their sweeping tax cut plan, the chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee ...
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