federal budget

A judge in New York says he finds it "stunning" that federal budget woes could delay the start of a terrorism trial for Osama bin Laden's son-in-law.

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A top White House official says Republicans who adopt a "my way or the highway" approach are going lose in upcoming budget talks.

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President Barack Obama is criticizing a proposed House Republican budget, saying it would turn Medicare into a voucher-like program, cut deeply into programs such as Medicaid and increase tax payments by the middle class in order to achieve promised lower tax rates.

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Republicans controlling the House are moving to give the Pentagon more money for military readiness. They also want to largely exempt agencies like the FBI and the Border Patrol as well as Western firefighting efforts from the effects of across-the-board spending cuts that are just starting to take effect.

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Republicans and Democrats alike are pointing to a new report estimating that automatic budget cuts will cost the economy 2 million jobs.

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The Agriculture Department is extending the life of the nation's main produce-safety testing program, just as the initiative was slated to be shut down.

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The White House says President Barack Obama would veto a Republican budget bill that swaps cuts to domestic programs like food stamps for cuts scheduled to hit the Pentagon and domestic agencies alike in January.

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The House has voted to decisively reject a bipartisan budget mixing tax increases with spending cuts to wring $4 trillion from federal deficits over the coming decade.

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President Obama's new budget proposal includes $31 million for deepening of the Delaware River shipping channel.

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