How Republicans Lost Control of the Spending Fight in Congress

May 2, 2016
Good morning from Washington, where Rob Bluey has the inside story of congressional Republicans' fumbling the opportunity to cut spending. Kelsey Harkness reports on the parents who say a school permitted discrimination against their transgender kindergartner. Melissa Quinn profiles a nonprofit that stretches household budgets for military families. Plus: Lee Edwards tells off Will Ferrell and other Hollywood liberals who would smear Ronald Reagan. Looks like the government will grab most of Prince's estate. Rachel Greszler explains why.
News How Republicans Lost Control of the Spending Fight in Congress Republicans arrived in Washington this year promising a return to "regular order" in Congress. But four months into 2016, House Republicans have yet to approve a budget (missing the April 15 deadline) and their Senate counterparts are unable to pass even the least controversial spending bill. Read More
Commentary Why Over Half of Prince's Estate Will Go to the Government Both the federal government and Minnesota's state government will assess so-called "death taxes" or estate taxes on Prince's assets, taking away more than half his estate. Read More
News Nationally Ranked School Counters Complaint of Transgender Discrimination While working to build a more inclusive environment, parents say, the school is excluding the rights of parents who object to the idea of introducing the topic of gender identity to their children at such a young age. Read More
Commentary Sorry, Hollywood: Reagan's Second Term Was Incredibly Successful Hollywood liberals are known for their contempt of conservatives, but their idea to produce a "comedy" about a demented President Ronald Reagan in his second term is far more offensive than usual. Read More
News 'Thank You for Your Service': How One Organization Is Looking Out for Military Kids "This is a way of saying, you know what, you guys deserve this because you're not having your daddy here for a year," said Jihee Ewart, whose three sons miss their dad when he is deployed. "It's nice that they can focus on something else other than sitting at home thinking about what else they can do without dad." Read More
Commentary Debunking the Wage Gap: We Are Not Victims In reality, in our 20s women are paid better than men—by 8 cents on the dollar. Read More
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