President Trump seeks a $54 billion increase in military spending and to protect the economic security of retirees, while slashing programs involving the environment and education.
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan has long argued that to curb the deficit, Congress must tackle Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
The address will begin shortly after 9 p.m. Eastern, and Republicans will be looking for Mr. Trump to steady himself after a turbulent start to his presidency.
“Nobody knew that health care could be so complicated,” he said, suggesting that the struggle to replace the Affordable Care Act was creating a legislative logjam.
Since the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Gallup organization has asked Americans: “What do you think is the most important problem facing this country today?”
Stephen K. Bannon and Jeff Sessions, the new attorney general, have long shared a vision for remaking America. Now the nation’s top law-enforcement agency could help enact it.
Some witnesses say that soldiers, seeking Boko Haram insurgents and finding none, started shooting men who had surrendered and burning villages to the ground.
Nearly everyone in Denmark who can work has work. That’s a good thing. But when all the skilled labor is engaged, continued recovery becomes challenging.
How a dinner party in Washington held long before Donald Trump decided to run for president reveals the origins of his sweeping immigration plans today.
“I’m holding the envelope and the award, and I had just given my speech, and there are people on the stage with headsets, and I thought, ‘That doesn’t seem right.’”
