Budget Battles
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Congressional Panel Considers Budget Reforms
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Trump Wants to Cut Off Hurricane Maria Relief Funds for Puerto Rico: Report
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Fiscal Mayhem Ahead in 2019 — and 5 Other Takes on the Election Results
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3 Areas Where Trump and Democrats Can Maybe, Possibly Work Together
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Kansas or California as a Model for America’s Future Growth?
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McConnell: Entitlement Cuts Probably Won’t Happen Under Trump
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Republicans Ignore the Obvious Effect of Their Tax Cuts
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Federal Deficit Jumps 17 Percent to $779 Billion
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Trump’s Border Wall: A Christmastime Clash Is Coming
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GOP Lawmakers Push Back on Trump’s Federal Pay Freeze
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Larry Kudlow Wants to Put a ‘Big Dent’ in Government Spending
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Four States That Will Founder When the Next Recession Hits
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Why Trump May Opt for a Shutdown
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Trump Blasts ‘Ridiculous’ Spending Bill: Is a Shutdown Back on the Table?
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Are Deficit Hawks Dead or Just Playing Possum?
Newsletter
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Congressional Panel Considers Budget Reforms
A bipartisan congressional panel tasked with revamping the federal budgeting process on Thursday marked up its proposed legislation ahead of a November 30 deadline. The panel, created as part of...
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20 Million More Americans Have Health Insurance, Compared to 2010
When President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act in 2010, about 48.6 million people lacked health insurance in the U.S. In the first half of 2018, 28.5 million lacked insurance – a decrease...
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The Growth of Medicare Advantage
Enrollment in Medicare Advantage plans – which provide more comprehensive coverage than Medicare parts A and B and are managed by private insurers – has more than tripled since 2005, according to a...
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The Economy’s Coming Wile E. Coyote Moment
Most economists think that the “sugar high” in the economy produced by simultaneous tax cuts and federal spending increases this year will fizzle at some in the next few quarters, at which point GDP...
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Pentagon Fails Its First-Ever Audit
The Defense Department has failed its first-ever comprehensive audit, Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan said Thursday, according to multiple reports. “We failed the audit, but we never...
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States Spent $2 Trillion in 2018. Here’s Where It Went.
The 50 states spent more than $2 trillion for the first time in fiscal 2018, according to a report released Thursday by the National Association of State Budget Officers. At the same time, as the...
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Securing America’s Future Requires Political Courage Now
My son is five. He plays with Legos and digs old-school video games. My daughter is three. She likes dolls and is prone to uncontrollable giggling with no apparent provocation. Neither have much...