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Kelly increasingly isolated as Porter scandal rages on - Turbulence in this West Wing is typically generated by President Donald Trump, but for the past week, it's been chief of staff John Kelly - the man brought in to be a steadying hand - who's inspiring what one White House official described as a crisis of confidence. White House Was Warned of Aide's Background Months Earlier Than Acknowledged - WASHINGTON - Christopher A. Wray, the F.B.I. director, contradicted on Tuesday the White House timeline about the domestic abuse scandal involving Rob Porter, the president's former staff secretary.
Mulvaney, a former tea party congressman, flubbed a response at a Senate hearing Tuesday that made it sound like he was opposed to the very budget he came to testify in favor of. Senior panel Democrat Patty Murray of Washington asked Mulvaney, "If you were in Congress would you have voted for this budget that you're presenting?" Budget Director Mick Mulvaney testifies before the Senate Budget Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2018, on President Donald Trump's fiscal year 2019 budget proposal.
Kelly increasingly isolated as Porter scandal rages on - Turbulence in this West Wing is typically generated by President Donald Trump, but for the past week, it's been chief of staff John Kelly - the man brought in to be a steadying hand - who's inspiring what one White House official described as a crisis of confidence. White House Was Warned of Aide's Background Months Earlier Than Acknowledged - WASHINGTON - Christopher A. Wray, the F.B.I. director, contradicted on Tuesday the White House timeline about the domestic abuse scandal involving Rob Porter, the president's former staff secretary.
Senator Dan Coats stops to speak to the news media after a meeting at Trump Tower with U.S. President-elect Donald Trump in New York, U.S., November 30, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson U.S. Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats told a Senate panel on Tuesday that the country's bitter political wrangling and growing debt posed grave threats to U.S. national security.
President Donald Trump, right, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 17, 2018, as, left to right, Speaker of the House Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, Senate Majority Leader Sen. Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-New York, and House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-California, look on. U.S. President Donald Trump urged congressional lawmakers to find a solution to the vexing problem of immigration reform, saying the window of opportunity is closing fast to protect young immigrants brought illegally to the United States as children.
That's according to some conservatives who are grappling with a Republican-backed spending binge that threatens to generate trillion-dollar deficits for years to come while staining a cherished pillar of the modern-day Republican Party. While President Donald Trump and his allies hope economic growth may ease future deficits, few fiscal conservatives cheered Monday's release of the president's $4 trillion-plus budget, which would create $7.2 trillion in red ink over the next decade if adopted by Congress.
Democratic lawmakers have grown increasingly concerned - and frustrated - over the White House's position on matters of security confidentiality. Last week, President Donald Trump withheld the release of a Democratic House Intelligence Committee memo rebutting one from the Republican side, citing the need for heavy redaction to protect national security interests.
That's according to some conservatives who are grappling with a Republican-backed spending binge that threatens to generate trillion-dollar deficits for years to come while staining a cherished pillar of the modern-day Republican Party. While President Donald Trump and his allies hope economic growth may ease future deficits, few fiscal conservatives cheered Monday's release of the president's $4 trillion-plus budget, which would create $7.2 trillion in red ink over the next decade if adopted by Congress.
Copies of President Donald Trump''s 2019 budget request are unpacked by House Budget Committee staff on Monday. Experts say it won't end Washington's decade of 'crisis budgeting.'
First lady Melania Trump arrives in the House chamber before President Donald Trump's State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Jan. 30. President Donald Trump stood in the well of the House chamber on the penultimate night of January and spoke about undocumented immigrants with his familiar rhetoric . During his first State of the Union address, the "America first" president lambasted the country's immigration laws, saying they have for too long "allowed drugs and gangs to pour into our most vulnerable communities," cost poor Americans jobs, and "caused the loss of many innocent lives."
President Donald Trump unveiled a $4.4 trillion budget plan Monday that envisions steep cuts to America's social safety net but mounting spending on the military, formally retreating from last year's promises to balance the federal budget. The president's spending outline for the first time acknowledges that the Republican tax overhaul passed last year would add billions to the deficit and not "pay for itself" as Trump and his Republican allies asserted.
Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, talks with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., before his speech at the McConnell Center's Distinguished Speaker Series Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, in Louisville, Ky. less Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., left, talks with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., before his speech at the McConnell Center's Distinguished Speaker Series Monday, Feb. 12, 2018, in ... more The Capitol Dome of the Capitol Building at sunrise, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018, in Washington.
The hopes for citizenship of 1.8 million illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children hung in the balance Monday as Congress started up debate on sweeping new immigration legislation. President Donald Trump has offered more than Democrats asked on citizenship for the so-called Dreamers, but only in exchange for tough cutbacks on overall immigration and funding for a massive wall on the Mexican border.
President Donald Trump unveiled a $4.4 trillion budget plan Monday that envisions steep cuts to America's social safety net but mounting spending on the military, formally retreating from last year's promises to balance the federal budget. The president's spending outline for the first time acknowledges that the Republican tax overhaul passed last year would add billions to the deficit and not "pay for itself" as Trump and his Republican allies asserted.
James Knable, left, and Jeffrey Freeland, right, help to unpack copies of the President's FY19 Budget after it arrived at the House Budget Committee office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 12, 2018. James Knable, left, and Jeffrey Freeland, right, help to unpack copies of the President's FY19 Budget after it arrived at the House Budget Committee office on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Feb. 12, 2018.
The Trump administration wants NASA out of the International Space Station by 2025, and private businesses running the place instead. Under President Donald Trump's 2019 proposed budget released Monday, U.S. government funding for the space station would end by 2025.
President Donald Trump unveiled a $4.4 trillion budget plan Monday that envisions steep cuts to America's social safety net but mounting spending on the military, formally retreating from last year's promises to balance the federal budget. The president's spending outline for the first time acknowledges that the Republican tax overhaul passed last year would add billions to the deficit and not "pay for itself" as Trump and his Republican allies asserted.
President Donald Trump's administration on Monday revived its support for construction of a new FBI headquarters, saying it planned to ask Congress in 2018 for the remaining $2.175 billion needed to help pay for it. The funding request, tucked inside the president's larger $1.5 trillion infrastructure plan, would help cover the cost to tear down and rebuild the Federal Bureau of Investigation's aging 1970s-era headquarters building in downtown Washington, which has nets rigged to catch falling stones.
In this Jan. 20, 2017 file photo, Vanessa Trump arrives at the U.S. Capitol on Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, in Washington, Donald Trump's inauguration ceremony. Police say Vanessa Trump, wife of Donald Trump Jr., opened an envelope that contained white powder, felt ill and was taken to New York City hospital as a precaution.
The Senate's two top leaders put on a show of comradery Monday as their chamber launched its immigration debate, but also laid down markers underscoring how hard it will be to reach a deal that can move through Congress. "We really do get along, despite what you read in the press," said Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., at a previously scheduled appearance alongside his counterpart, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., at the University of Louisville.