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Russell Vought, director of the Office of Management and Budget, testifies before the House Budget Committee on the president's fiscal 2021 budget request in February.

US deficit hit a record $3.1 trillion last year

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted October 16, 2020 at 3:22pm
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden leaves the Capitol after a memorial service for the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Sept. 25, 2020.

Analysts: Biden tax plans will raise less money, hit rich harder

By Doug Sword
Posted October 15, 2020 at 1:44pm
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin raised the pandemic relief offer to Democrats to $1.8 trillion, a White House spokeswoman said, adding the administration was willing to go up to $2 trillion.

White House sweetens pandemic aid, but gaps remain with Democrats

By David Lerman and Lindsey McPherson
Posted October 9, 2020 at 5:01pm
President Donald Trump holds a face mask as he speaks during the first presidential debate at the Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Ohio on Sept. 29, 2020.

US adversaries could seize on Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis to spread disinformation

By John M. Donnelly
Posted October 2, 2020 at 5:10pm, Updated October 5, 2020 at 7:15pm
Marine One is seen Friday on the South Lawn of the White House prior to President Donald Trump’s departure for Walter Reed Military Medical Center.

Trump to spend ‘a few days’ at Walter Reed after COVID-19 diagnosis

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted October 2, 2020 at 6:11pm, Updated at 6:26pm
CLEVELAND, OHIO - SEPTEMBER 29: U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump on stage after the first presidential debate between Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden at the Health Education Campus of Case Western Reserve University on September 29, 2020 in Cleveland, Ohio. This is the first of three planned debates between the two candidates in the lead up to the election on November 3. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

Trump, first lady test positive for COVID-19

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted October 2, 2020 at 1:35am
Former Vice President Joe Biden and President Donald Trump during their first presidential debate at the Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland on Tuesday.

Trump interruptions and call for racist group to ‘stand by’ mark first debate

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted September 30, 2020 at 6:46am
People pay respects as Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg lies in repose at the top of the front steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington on Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020.

Trump wants new justice to be able to decide 2020 election

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted September 23, 2020 at 5:29pm
An American flag is flown at half-staff at the Supreme Court on Monday to honor the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Trump to announce SCOTUS pick Saturday, with Senate GOP moving ahead with vote

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted September 22, 2020 at 10:34am, Updated at 5:50pm
Analee Dalmau, and her son Mathais, 16 months, along with other Puerto Ricans displaced by Hurricane Maria, arrive in Washington from Massachusetts on June 6, 2018, to lobby lawmakers for aid.

White House announces $11.6B hurricane relief for Puerto Rico

By David Lerman
Posted September 18, 2020 at 12:20pm
U.S. Postal Service mail trays are seen in the Russell Senate Office Building.

Trump opposes funding Postal Service because it would increase vote by mail

By Niels Lesniewski and Lindsey McPherson
Posted August 13, 2020 at 11:07am, Updated at 1:03pm
Larry Kudlow, White House economic adviser, wants to return to Bush-era capital gains tax rates. But he'll need help from Congress.

Social Security’s safe with us, Mnuchin says

By Doug Sword
Posted August 12, 2020 at 3:23pm, Updated at 9:50pm
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin is in charge of fleshing out the finer points of President Trump's payroll tax plan.

Self-employed won’t get to defer taxes under Trump’s payroll break

By Doug Sword
Posted August 10, 2020 at 5:05pm
New York’s Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo says states can’t afford to meet the matching requirement for jobless aid.

Why Trump’s unemployment boost may only be $300 a week for many

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted August 10, 2020 at 4:30pm
President Donald Trump signs executive orders extending coronavirus economic relief during a news conference in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Aug. 8, 2020.

Trump signs COVID-19 economic relief actions

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted August 8, 2020 at 6:19pm
Stephen Moore, pictured in a 2016 interview with CQ Roll Call.

Legality of potential payroll tax move seen as ‘dubious’

By Doug Sword
Posted August 3, 2020 at 3:05pm
President Donald Trump speaks to the press after attending a Senate Republican Policy Luncheon in Hart Building on Tuesday, May 19. (Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Trump doesn’t have authority to change election date alone

By Todd Ruger
Posted July 30, 2020 at 11:50am
Mark Meadows, center, White House chief of staff, and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, leave Dirksen Building after the Senate Republican Policy luncheon on Tuesday, July 28, 2020.

Democrats reject ‘skinny’ virus plan while GOP struggles for unity

By Jennifer Shutt, Niels Lesniewski and Lindsey McPherson
Posted July 29, 2020 at 11:24am, Updated at 6:46pm
President Donald Trump at a UPS facility in Atlanta on Wednesday.

Trump pitches Trump as suburbs’ guardian, foe of climate rules

By Benjamin J. Hulac
Posted July 16, 2020 at 6:49pm
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was among the officials at the task force press briefing Wednesday.

Democrats rebuke White House over possibly directing virus aid away from public schools

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted July 8, 2020 at 9:11pm
Vice President Mike Pence wears a face mask as he arrives for the Senate Republicans’’ lunch in the Hart Building on June 24, 2020.

White House says cutting COVID-19 spread a matter of patriotism

By Emily Kopp
Posted June 26, 2020 at 3:15pm
President Donald Trump issued a memorandum Wednesday directing the Agriculture Department to consider how it can provide aid to the lobster industry.

Trump butters up lobster industry with hint of trade aid

By Ellyn Ferguson
Posted June 26, 2020 at 12:22pm
The White House has changed some coronavirus protocols as Washington enters Phase Two of reopening.

White House coronavirus testing protocols continue to evolve

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted June 23, 2020 at 2:13pm
Want to attend one of President Donald Trump’s rallies? You’ll need to sign a COVID-19 liability waiver.

Trump campaign asks supporters to waive COVID-19 liability to attend Tulsa rally

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted June 11, 2020 at 6:22pm
A Customs and Border Protection vehicle patrols the border wall in Rio Grande Valley sector of the Texas border last August.

Trump administration sued over border restrictions

By Tanvi Misra
Posted June 10, 2020 at 5:51pm
A member of the D.C. National Guard patrols the Lincoln Memorial on June 3 after days of protests sparked by the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd.

Trump rejects renaming bases that honor Confederate generals

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted June 10, 2020 at 4:45pm
As White House legislative affairs director, Eric Ueland was a fixture at the Capitol during March negotiations with congressional leaders on coronavirus relief legislation.

Top White House official leaving for State Department

By Paul M. Krawzak
Posted June 5, 2020 at 4:58pm
Defense Secretary Mark Esper testifies before the Senate Armed Services Committee on March 4.

Esper under fire after breaking with Trump on Insurrection Act

By John M. Donnelly
Posted June 3, 2020 at 11:24am, Updated at 4:46pm
A demonstrator walks by graffiti in Lafayette Park on H St. NW, on Monday, June 1, 2020, after weekend protests sparked by the death of George Floyd occurred near the White House. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Trump floats invoking 1807 Insurrection Act to ‘dominate’ protests

By Niels Lesniewski and Todd Ruger
Posted June 1, 2020 at 8:31pm
UNITED STATES - MARCH 10: President Donald Trump talks to reporters about coronavirus after meeting with lawmakers on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, March 10, 2020. (Photo by Caroline Brehman/CQ Roll Call)

Trump going ahead with pulling the US back from the World Health Organization

By Niels Lesniewski and Lauren Clason
Posted May 29, 2020 at 4:09pm, Updated at 5:28pm