Opening Plan

Obama Sends Congress Record $4.1 Trillion 2017 Spending Plan

WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — President Barack Obama sent Congress his eighth and final budget on Tuesday, proposing to spend a record $4.1 trillion on a number of initiatives, from a new war on cancer to combating global warming to fighting growing threats from Islamic State militants. The new spending plan, for the budget year that begins Oct. 1 — just…