Budgets

New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks about a settlement with regard to the opioid crisis at a news conference in New York, Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025.

New York Republicans angered over budget proposal that could pay for Letitia James’s legal bills against Trump

Annabella Rosciglione · May 15, 2025 10:26 am

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifying before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on Wednesday, May 14, 2025 (Graeme Jennings, Washington Examiner).

Takeaways from RFK Jr.’s first hearings since confirmation

Gabrielle M. Etzel · May 14, 2025 5:41 pm

Newsom to roll back healthcare for illegal immigrants as he blames ‘Trump slump’ for $12 billion deficit

Barnini Chakraborty · May 14, 2025 4:07 pm

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., President Trump's nominee to serve as Secretary of Health and Human Services testifies during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing for his pending confirmation on Capitol Hill, Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025, in Washington.

WATCH LIVE: RFK Jr. testifies on health budget in front of House Appropriations Committee

Emily Hallas · May 14, 2025 9:13 am

Washington Secrets

Gun groups charge betrayal by GOP

Paul Bedard · May 13, 2025 2:42 pm

Gov. Tony Evers (D-WI) speaks during a campaign event, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Flint, Michigan.

GOP leaders criticize Evers’s budget approach

Benjamin Yount | The Center Square contributor · May 12, 2025 2:26 pm

New York Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a news conference outside Manhattan federal court in New York on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025.

Letitia James could use state funds for Trump lawsuit fees under Hochul budget proposal

Ross O'Keefe · May 8, 2025 10:51 am

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) meets with reporters after President-elect Donald Trump abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan to prevent a Christmas government shutdown at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024.

WATCH LIVE: Hakeem Jeffries holds weekly press conference

Ross O'Keefe · May 8, 2025 10:44 am

WATCH LIVE: Kristi Noem testifies at Senate Appropriations Committee

Jack Birle · May 8, 2025 9:31 am

FBI director Kash Patel testifies during a House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies budget hearing on the Fiscal Year 2026 Request for the Federal Bureau of Investigation, on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, May 7, 2025, in Washington.

WATCH LIVE: Kash Patel testifies on budget to Senate Appropriations Committee

Emily Hallas · May 8, 2025 8:44 am

Ancient Mars

NASA ‘evaluating’ opportunities to launch rockets to Mars during Trump presidency

Ross O'Keefe · May 7, 2025 5:07 pm

Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump's pick for director of the FBI, leaves after a meeting in the office of Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) on Capitol Hill, Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, in Washington.

WATCH LIVE: FBI Director Kash Patel testifies on White House budget before Appropriations Committee

Ross O'Keefe · May 7, 2025 1:00 pm