Trump’s Budget: Spending and Cuts Under Fire
One reader calls the budget a “profligate spending spree.” Another says that explains why the president “filed for bankruptcy so many times.”
Iraq Wants $88 Billion for Rebuilding. Allies Offer a Fraction of That.
A lukewarm response by potential donors, including the United States, at a fund-raising conference threatens efforts to stabilize the war-torn country.
Trump Pressures Democrats Over DACA and Infrastructure Plan
In two early tweets, Mr. Trump said a March deadline to protect young immigrants would be the “last chance,” and suggested that Democrats should come to a deal on his infrastructure proposal.
Electricity prices are highest in Hawaii but expenditures are highest in South Carolina
(Tue, 13 Feb 2018) Hawaii has the highest residential electricity prices in the United States, averaging 27.5 cents per kilowatthour (kWh) in 2016âmore than twice the national average. However, residential customers in four states spent more per household for electricity that year: South Carolina, Alabama, Connecticut, and Maryland.
Donald Trump’s Nasty Budget
What happened to all that talk about sticking up for working people?
Trump’s Infrastructure Plan Emphasizes Private Funding Over Public Interest
The president’s $200 billion plan recasts the federal government as a minority stakeholder in the nation’s new infrastructure projects.
Trump Doesn’t Give a Dam
His infrastructure “plan” is an obvious scam. But why didn’t he offer something legit?
White House Proposes $4.4 Trillion Budget That Adds $7 Trillion to Deficits
The White House released a proposed budget that is largely irrelevant, given Congress passed a spending bill last week that outlines priorities.
The United States is projected to become a net energy exporter in most AEO2018 cases
(Mon, 12 Feb 2018) EIA projects that the United States will become a net energy exporter in 2022 in the newly released <em>Annual Energy Outlook 2018</em> (AEO2018) Reference case, primarily driven by changes in petroleum and natural gas markets. The transition from net energy importer to net energy exporter occurs even earlier in some sensitivity cases that modify assumptions about oil prices or resource extraction
A (Largely Irrelevant) Budget, a Report on Prices and an Infrastructure Plan
President Trump will unveil his plan to rebuild the nation’s aging bridges and roads. But the big news for the week will be consumer prices.