White House officials hold out hope for he…

Top White House officials on Sunday said they hope House Republicans will vote on a health care agreement this week, even though House Speaker Paul D. Ryan reportedly told members they should focus in the coming days on keeping the government funded. Mick Mulvaney, director of the Office of Management and Budget, said a recent proposal designed to let states waive insurer regulations in Obamacare is a tweak to an underlying replacement plan, so it's not as if House Republicans are starting from scratch.

Trump Budget Chief: Border Wall Will ‘Protect Millions Of Low Income Americans’ Who Lose Obamacare

After years of Republican obstructionism under Democratic President Barack Obama, Trump Budget Director Mick Mulvaney said on Sunday that it was the Democrats who are guilty of "stunning" obstructionism because they will not negotiate on a bill to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Fox News Sunday, host Chris Wallace noted that President Donald Trump had offered Democrats a deal: If you fund the border wall, payments to Obamacare will not be cut.

Trump’s budget chief says money for border wall a must

Money for the wall President Donald Trump wants to build along the U.S. border with Mexico must be part of the massive spending bill Congress is preparing, the White House budget director says. Additional funding also must be included to hire more immigration agents, Mick Mulvaney told The Associated Press in an interview in which he laid out the top priorities of the president.

Congress returns as Trump pressures Democrats ahead of funding deadline

With a deadline looming this week to avert a U.S. government shutdown, Congress returns to work on Monday as President Donald Trump leans on Democrats to include funding for his promised border wall with Mexico in spending legislation. The Republican president took to Twitter on Sunday to warn Democrats that the Affordable Care Act, popularly known as Obamacare, could soon lose essential funding without Democratic support for a congressional spending plan to keep the government running.

Key US senator pushes back against Trump’s proposed foreign aid cuts

Senator Bob Corker, center, speaks to recent refugees from South Sudan at a registration center in Bidi Bidi, Uganda, Friday, April 14 2017. Sen. Bob Corker of Tennessee, the Republican chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee, strongly defended U.S. foreign assistance on Friday while visiting the world's fastest growing refugee crisis in northern Uganda, just across the border from war-torn South Sudan.

US Senator Pushes Back Against Trump’s Proposed Foreign Aid Cuts

Face-to-face with victims of South Sudan's famine and civil war, the Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee strongly defended U.S. foreign aid on Friday despite President Donald Trump's proposed deep cuts in humanitarian assistance. Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee visited the world's fastest-growing refugee crisis in northern Uganda, just across the border from South Sudan, in a pointed response to Trump's "America First" platform that would slash funds for diplomacy and foreign aid.

Trump, Budget Boss Send Signal of Shift on Small Government

Is the Trump administration shifting away from the vision of smaller government candidate Donald Trump and the Republican platform championed in the 2016 campaign? over the weekend, President Trump said he wanted to keep the Export-Import Bank most conservatives in Congress want abolished. Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney told an off-camera session with reporters Tuesday the Trump administration was seeking a mass reorganization of Cabinet Departments and federal agencies and to make them run more efficiently.

Lawmakers Risk Govt Shutdown Over Sanctuary Cities Crackdown

Mick Mulvaney, President Donald Trump's budget director, is pushing to restrict funding for cities that don't comply with federal immigrations policies, which could spell trouble for lawmakers trying to avoid a government shutdown, Politico is reporting. As Congress is faced with a must-pass spending bill, Mulvaney is urging congressional Republicans to rest crackdown on sanctuary cities.

Epic collapse of GOP health care bill puts effort into limbo

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, and Democratic Whip Steny Hoyer, D-Md., left, react at a joke from Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif., center, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Marc... . FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2017, file photo photo, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin listens at right as President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting on the Federal budget in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washing... .

Not Even Trump Supports The GOP Healthcare Bill

President Trump sent White House Budget Director Mick Mulvaney down to Capitol Hill last night with an ultimatum to pass the health care reform bill or forever keep their peace. The meeting didn't go well but it did have its moments: A key moment inside the session, several lawmakers said, was when Rep. Brian Mast , a freshman lawmaker who lost both his legs in 2010 while serving as an Army bomb disposal technician in Afghanistan, rose and called on his colleagues to unite behind the bill in the same way he and his comrades fought in battle.

The Latest: Trump offers support to Paul Ryan

President Donald Trump says, "we'll see what happens," in response to a question about what happens if the vote on the Republican-backed health care bill fails in the House. Trump is offering his support for House Speaker Paul Ryan at a White House event announcing the presidential permit about the Keystone XL pipeline.

House nears pivotal vote to repeal and replace Obamacare, with outcome uncertain

President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 21, 2017, to rally support for the Republican health care overhaul by taking his case directly to GOP lawmakers. AP Photo/J.

Republican health care bill on the…

Rep. Andy Biggs is the latest to announce he intends to vote against the GOP health care bill, bringing the number of House Republicans in that camp to 35. Only 22 no votes are needed for the measure to be rejected in that chamber. 12:56 a.m.: The House Rules Committee will meet Friday at 7 a.m. to discuss the Republican health care bill.

Donald Trump issues ultimatum over Obamacare repeal

US President Donald Trump has demanded a make or break vote on a key healthcare bill in the House of Representatives, threatening to leave "Obamacare" in place and move on to other issues if Friday's vote fails. The risky move, which was considered part gamble and part threat, was presented to Republican politicians behind closed doors on Thursday night .

Analysis: Trump the dealmaker struggles to seal the deal

President Donald Trump, the author of the best-selling book, "The Art of the Deal," is about to see his deal-making abilities ratified in a legislative showdown on the House floor - or dramatically rebuffed. Trump, in a message relayed by White House officials, demanded that House Republican leaders vote Friday on a GOP-backed health care bill embraced by the president, placing the legislation on the brink of failure and jeopardizing his vow to repeal and replace former President Barack Obama's health care law.

White House limits what officials can say about budget

The White House is instructing Cabinet heads and agency officials not to elaborate on President Trump's proposed budget cuts beyond what was in a relatively brief submission, a move Democrats decried as a gag order. Budget director Mick Mulvaney wrote in a memo late last week that until the full budget release in May, ''all public comments of any sort should be limited to the information contained in the Budget Blueprint chapter for your agency,'' referring to the 53-page document released last Thursday.

The White House calls climate research a ‘waste.’ Actually, this report is required by law

Floodwaters surround several houses in Rocky Mount, N.C., near the Tar River in October 2016. RALEIGH, N.C. - The day that President Trump's climate science-slashing budget landed last week, his government held a public meeting here to prepare the nation's Southeast region for rising seas, wildfires, extreme downpours and other impacts of climate change.