Trump’s 2018 budget to include paid family leave

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s 2018 budget proposal will require states to provide paid family leave programs, a senior budget official said Thursday.
The official said the budget — set to be released Tuesday — will include a plan to provide six weeks of paid leave to new mothers, fathers and adoptive parents. A departure from Republican orthodoxy, the proposal expands on a campaign pledge to provide paid maternity leave, which Trump adopted at the urging of h