Trump's $4 trillion budget helps move deficit sharply higher

WASHINGTON (AP) " President Donald Trump's is proposing a $4 trillion-plus budget for next year that projects a $1 trillion or so federal deficit and " unlike the plan he released last year " never comes close to promising a balanced federal ledger even after 10 years.And that's before last week's $300 billion budget pact is added this year and next, showering both the Pentagon and domestic agencies with big increases.The spending spree, along with last year's tax cuts, has the [...]


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