Jackie DeFusco

4 days ago | wcvb.com | Jackie DeFusco

U.S. and Chinese officials are meeting in Switzerland on Saturday for the first major talks since the trade war between the two countries escalated last month. See the story in the video above“Tensions are high, tariffs are high, and trust is low,” said Asia Society Policy Institute Vice President Wendy Cutler, a former U.S. trade negotiator.

6 days ago | wcvb.com | Jackie DeFusco

Congressional Democrats are demanding answers after a new report detailed disruptions to cancer clinical trials and other veterans’ services. See the story in the video aboveAccording to a ProPublica article published on Tuesday, doctors at Veterans Affairs hospitals have been sounding the alarm about the Trump administration’s sweeping cuts in internal VA emails to higher-ups.

1 week ago | wcvb.com | Jackie DeFusco

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that he won’t lower his triple-digit tariffs on China to aid negotiations with Beijing. It comes days before top U.S. and Chinese officials are expected to meet in Switzerland, marking the first major talks between the two countries since the trade war escalated last month. Trump was asked about his expectations during an Oval Office swearing-in ceremony for the U.S. Ambassador to China, former U.S. Sen. David Perdue.

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Head Start has been spared from proposed spending cuts in President Donald Trump’s initial budget request released Friday. It’s a relief for providers who feared they would be targeted by the administration’s campaign to reduce the size of the federal government. Those fears stemmed from a draft budget leaked last month, which suggested that the White House was considering eliminating the program’s funding.

2 weeks ago | wcvb.com | Jackie DeFusco

The Supreme Court heard arguments on Wednesday in a case that will determine whether the nation’s first publicly funded religious charter school can operate in Oklahoma. The ruling could have ripple effects nationwide. At least 45 states and D.C. currently have charter school laws on the books. The taxpayer-funded programs are subject to state supervision but are generally granted more autonomy than traditional public schools.