My go-to mood enhancer these days is E.B. White, a Maine farmer and writer known mostly for 20th-century children’s classics.

Holdout Republicans had been wary about backing the measure, concerned that it didn’t guarantee deep spending cuts.

The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday passed a budget plan that lays the groundwork for extending President Donald Trump's 2017 tax cuts, overcoming opposition from Republican hardliners ...