Republicans forge ahead on Obamacare repeal despite U.S. budget worries

Republicans pushed ahead on Thursday with their plan for a massive overhaul of the U.S. healthcare system backed by President Donald Trump, despite Democratic concern that the cost of the bill and its impact on the budget remain unknown. Two House of Representatives committees debated the draft legislation late into the night on Wednesday in marathon sessions, two days after it was unveiled by Republican leaders and endorsed by Trump.

Federal hiring freeze: Longer waits, unemployment lines for some Texans

President Donald Trump signed an executive order implementing a federal government hiring freeze, on Monday, Jan. 23, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. The Irving man was so excited to move to Port Aransas on New Year’s Eve with his pregnant wife to start a new job at the Padre Island National Seashore , also known as PINS, on Jan. 8. But soon after the two settled into their new Corpus Christi home, he learned there was a glitch with his paperwork.