The chief executive for PBS is sounding the alarm about public broadcasting's future if federal funding is axed. CEO Paula Kerger said Sunday that public TV stations heavily dependent on federal funds couldn't survive without it, including in rural or underserved areas. Kerger acknowledged there have ...
Oh, that dreaded open microphone! Republican Sen. Susan Collins got caught Tuesday at the end of a hearing with a microphone that was still hot — and captured her ripping President Donald Trump and making fun of a fellow lawmaker who had been critical of ...
The government has adopted guidelines capping total ministry and agency requests for funds for social security measures in fiscal 2018, setting the new level at ¥630 billion higher than the amount earmarked under the fiscal 2017 budget. The guidelines were decided at Thursday's Cabinet meeting, ...
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe plans to give budget priority to fostering human resources as the government proceeds with the process of drawing up the fiscal 2018 state budget. Japan faces the difficult task of securing enough revenue to cover the rapidly aging nation's ballooning social ...
U.S. President Donald Trump's budget proposal, set to be unveiled on Tuesday, will include cuts to Medicaid and propose changes to other assistance programs for low-income citizens, the Washington Post reported on Sunday. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Trump's ...
High-powered aides to Donald Trump pressed for funding of a Mexico border wall Sunday as a looming spending showdown in Congress threatens to shut down the U.S. government on the president's 100th day in office. Building the wall was Trump's signature campaign promise, and the ...
The Upper House approved a ¥97.45 trillion budget that highlighted an increase in defense spending — a record ¥5.13 trillion — reflecting a beefed-up effort to counter China and North Korea.
President Donald Trump unveiled a $1.15 trillion budget Thursday, proposing a far-reaching overhaul of federal spending that would slash many domestic programs to finance a big increase for the military and make a down payment on a U.S.-Mexico border wall. Trump's plan seeks to upend ...
The government has earmarked ¥5 billion in increased economic assistance to 71 islands off the coast of eight prefectures, as concerns over declining populations are compounded by recurring intrusions into sovereign territory by foreign vessels. In addition to its four main islands of Hokkaido, Honshu, ...
Several congressional Republicans are panning the emerging outlines of President Donald Trump's first budget, complaining that he's cutting too much from already lean department accounts while leaving untouched the massive benefit programs blamed for the nation's deficits. "The president has a saying, 'All talk, no ...
The Lower House signs off on a record high ¥97.45 trillion budget for fiscal 2017 that gives priority to social security and defense.
All 20 major cities across Japan have drafted budgets bigger than last year due to the transfer of revenue from prefectural governments for teacher pay. The revenue shift is part of power decentralization by the central government. Starting with fiscal 2017, which gets underway April ...
