WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed spending plan over the next decade would not come close to balancing the national government’s budget as it had promised, an independent analysis said Thursday. The Congressional Budget Office said the proposed White House budget would result in a $720 billion deficit at the end of 10 years, not […]
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, after failing to win congressional approval for many of his spending and policy priorities for the next five months, said Tuesday the government “needs a good ‘shutdown’ in September” when lawmakers will be debating the 2018 funding plan. In a tweet, Trump blamed the result of his first fight over federal […]
SEOUL — With President Donald Trump’s emphasis on “America First” economic policies, Japan and South Korea are bracing for contentious negotiations over trade and defense sharing costs. In his inauguration address on Friday, President Trump said he would enact protectionist policies to end free trade practices that he said had caused the U.S. economy to decline […]