Live updates and the latest news as Trump hosts South Africa's president and the House Rules Committee meets to on the Republicans' budget bill.

A proposed $1.16 billion budget for the Houston Police Department includes $49 million to cover the first-year costs of officer pay raises along with a significant boost to homeland security in preparation for the 2026 World Cup.

If GOP officials are looking for good news in the Congressional Budget Office's new report on the party's reconciliation package, they won't find any.

Ohio Democrats, with limited power in the Statehouse, are pushing hundreds of amendments in a long-shot effort to reshape the state’s $61 billion budget before it becomes law.

— Patrick Hanley, who’s running for state Senate, has been endorsed by Senate Assistant Majority Leader Laura Murphy and Senate Majority Whip Julie Morrison. Hanley is running for the seat now held by state Sen. Laura Fine, who’s running for Congress.

What looked like a routine budget debate on Beacon Hill may have quietly marked a turning point for Massachusetts, as lawmakers face unprecedented uncertainty from Washington and shifting economic tides at home.

Future money for the program remains uncertain given the city’s $44 million structural budget deficit. Annual funding for the FUEL network has ranged from $250,000 to $500,000, said Councilmember Eric Guerra, who spearheaded the program’s creation in 2017. The program received $500,000 in the last fiscal year, according to the budget.

Commissioners cited cost of living concerns in rejecting proposed $5 increases to two parking fees, though property taxes will still rise due to increasing home values.

South Africa's National Treasury said on Wednesday that this fiscal year's budget deficit would be wider and public debt higher after it was forced to backtrack on a proposed increase in value-added tax (VAT).