Trump budget chief defends aid cuts for children, elderly

President Donald Trump's budget chief defended the proposed elimination of after-school programs that support children particularly in high-poverty US districts, saying "there's no demonstrable evidence" that they improve student performance.After-school programs are "supposed to help kids who don't get fed at home, get fed so they do better in school," Mick Mulvaney, director of the federal Office of Management and Budget, told a White House press briefing.Trump's 2018 budget outline would cut