Page Turner: The giant Trump administration budget delivered yesterday bears the slogan “Efficient, Effective, Accountable,” but the plan outlined includes $7 trillion in deficits over the next 10 years while spending more on defense and less on domestic programs. The …

If You Build It: President Trump is expected today to reveal a plan for re-building the nation’s infrastructure that puts much of the burden of paying for it on state and local governments. He would pay the federal share by …

Off Message: With a single tweet yesterday, President Trump virtually dismissed the movement of women coming forward to accuse men of sexual harassment and assault. He said, “Peoples lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation. Some are …

Dead Letter Office: President Trump last night blocked the release of the Democratic rebuttal to a memo from House Intelligence Committee Republicans that claimed anti-Trump bias in the FBI’s Russia investigation. The President’s lawyer, Don McGahn, said in a letter …

Short Shutdown: Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul kept Congress up all night, blocking a budget vote and causing a six-hour government shutdown. Paul delivered a long and impassioned speech condemning the hypocrisy of his own party for deepening the national deficit …

Beat It: White House Staff Secretary Rob Porter has resigned following accusations published in the British newspaper The Daily Mail that he physically abused two ex-wives. “These outrageous allegations are simply false,” Porter said in a statement. As staff secretary, …

The VIX: Wall Street rebounded yesterday with a 567-point gain for the Dow Jones, putting a stop at least for a day to the world-wide stock slide. Analysts say that investors realize the fundamentals of the economy are still strong. …

What Goes Up: With investors questioning the rationality of the stock market surge, the Dow Jones dipped by as much as 1500 points during trading yesterday, before closing down by 1,175, nearly 5 percent. It was the biggest one-day decline …

Sunny in Philadelphia: Philadelphia Eagles backup quarterback Nick Foles came out of last night’s Super Bowl as a star, even catching a pass for a touchdown in a trick play. The Eagles ended up winning their first-ever Super Bowl, upsetting …

Now This: The television advertising extravaganza known as Super Bowl LII kicks off at 6:30 Eastern time. That’s “52” for those of you who never studied Julius Caesar. The NFL has lost millions of viewers in recent years and the …