Texas Democrats weighing ballots, bullets in 2020 campaigns
Texas Democrats are pulling out a new playbook in this year’s congressional races, loudly backing gun control in a bet a strategy that paid off in Virginia can also win elections in a conservative-leaning state long associated with gun rights.
Pentagon recoups $6.5 billion via streamlining, sale of old equipment: official
Pentagon belt-tightening efforts identified and redirected $6.5 billion worth of bloated payments, inefficiencies and overlaps last year, a senior Defense Department official said.
Trump slashes foreign aid, cuts safety net programs in new budget proposal
U.S. President Donald Trump will propose on Monday a 21% cut in foreign aid and slashes to social safety-net programs in his $4.8 trillion budget proposal for fiscal 2021, according to senior administration officials.
Deal reached to cut bankrupt Puerto Rico’s debt by $24 billion
Puerto Rico would shed about $24 billion of debt and move closer to exiting bankruptcy under an agreement with bondholders announced on Sunday by the U.S. commonwealth’s federally created financial oversight board.
Buttigieg edges past Sanders in Iowa’s national delegate race: state party
Democratic presidential contender Pete Buttigieg narrowly beat rival Bernie Sanders in Iowa in the race for delegates, according to projected national delegate allocations released by the Iowa Democratic Party on Sunday.
On the 2020 trail: Sanders blasts Buttigieg for taking billionaire bucks
Democratic presidential contenders Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders traded jabs over money and message on Sunday, two days before New Hampshire voters pick their choice to take on Republican President Donald Trump in November.
On the trail: Sanders, Buttigieg spar over money, message in New Hampshire
Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg traded jabs over money and message on Sunday, two days before New Hampshire voters pick their choice to take on Republican President Donald Trump in November.
Trump to propose cuts in foreign aid and social safety nets in budget: officials
U.S. President Donald Trump will propose on Monday a 21% cut in foreign aid and slashes to social safety net programs in his $4.8 trillion budget proposal for fiscal 2021, according to senior administration officials.
Exclusive: Trump proposes 21% cut in U.S. foreign aid in budget proposal – officials
President Donald Trump will propose cutting billions of dollars in U.S. foreign aid in his fiscal 2021 budget while seeking an increase in funds to counter developing economic threats from China and Russia, senior administration officials told Reuters….
On the trail: Sanders, Buttigieg race across New Hampshire ahead of vote
Democratic U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg, a former Indiana mayor, exchanged barbs on Sunday in New Hampshire, two days before the state’s voters pick their choice to take on Republican President Donald Trump in November.
