Dealt a Defeat, Republicans Set Their Sights on Major Tax Cuts

By ALAN RAPPEPORT March 26, 2017 WASHINGTON — Picking themselves up after the bruising collapse of their health care plan, President Trump and Republicans in Congress will start this week on a legislative obstacle course that will be even more arduous:...

Eyeing Trump’s Budget Plan, Republican Governors Say ‘No, Thanks’

By ALEXANDER BURNS March 22, 2017 Gov. Matt Bevin of Kentucky was unrestrained in his praise for President Trump: Opening for him at a rally on Monday, Mr. Bevin, a conservative Republican, echoed Mr. Trump’s “America First” slogan and only...

Economic Scene: What’s at Stake in a Health Bill That Slashes the Safety Net

March 21, 2017 Eduardo Porter ECONOMIC SCENE What do we lose when social insurance unravels? It is startling to realize just how much the social safety net expanded during Barack Obama’s presidency. In 2016, means-tested entitlements like Medicaid and food...

Trump Budget Cuts Put Struggling Americans on Edge

By SABRINA TAVERNISE and TRIP GABRIEL March 17, 2017 Regina Feltner, a retired nurse, was recovering from side effects of radiation therapy when she got the notice that her heat would be cut off. It was a bone-cold January day. The snow was so high...

Trump Budget Guru, Long a Fiscal Hawk, Now Has to Sell Spending

By MATT FLEGENHEIMER and ALAN RAPPEPORT March 16, 2017 WASHINGTON — Making the rounds at the Capitol on a recent evening, Mick Mulvaney, President Trump’s budget director, decided to add an unscheduled stop: a meeting of the House...