Budget Battles
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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?
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Why Democrats Want to Bring Back Earmarks
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Congress Reaches Spending Deal to Avoid Shutdown. Will Trump Go Along?
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Obama: 'Suddenly Deficits Do Not Matter'
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Freedom Caucus Divided on Shutdown
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Trump Told GOP Leaders He Won’t Force a Shutdown. Will He Keep That Promise?
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Senate Passes $854 Billion Spending Bill in Hopes of Averting Government Shutdown
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What It Would Take to Dig Out from the Mountain of Federal Debt
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Business Economists Diss Trump’s Policies
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How to Interpret Trump's Surprise Government Shutdown Threat
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Government Has Been a Drag on the Economy – but That’s About to Change
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A Warning About the Next Economic Crisis from Leaders Who Battled the Last One
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Lawmakers Battle Over Veterans Health Funding
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Deficit Jumps in Trump’s First Fiscal Year
Newsletter
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US Household Net Worth Grew to $107 Trillion in Q2
Boosted by higher property values and stock prices, the total net worth of U.S. households grew by almost $2.2 trillion in the second quarter of this year, reaching nearly $107 trillion, the Federal...
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Federal Tax System Becoming More Progressive: Report
The U.S. tax system has become more progressive in recent years, says Eric Toder of the Tax Policy Center, thanks to real income growth and changes in federal policy. While the tax cuts passed last...
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Who Will Protect Medicare? GOP, Dems Duke It Out
The 2018 election may be a referendum on President Donald Trump, but it’s also turning into a battle over Medicare, at least in some key races. The Washington Post’s David Weigel reports that...
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Senate Approves Spending Bill, Reducing Chances of a Shutdown
In a 93-7 vote, the Senate on Tuesday passed a package of spending bills that would boost fiscal 2019 funding for the Defense Department and provide full-year funding for the departments of Education...
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‘Beware Trillion-Dollar Deficits,’ Barron’s Says
In the latest Barron’s cover story, Jack Hough warns of the long-term risks of rising U.S. public debt. While noting that there’s little chance of hitting debt-related turbulence anytime soon and...
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Buybacks Are Now the Top Way for Companies to Spend Their Cash
Stock buybacks are now the most popular way for S&P 500 companies to spend their profits, the first time that’s happened in 10 years, Goldman Sachs said in a research note Friday. Buybacks surged...
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The Air Force Wants More Planes – and a Lot More Money
The Air Force is 71 years old today, and its birthday wish list is a doozy. Saying that growing threats from China and Russia call for a substantial increase in U.S. air power, Air Force Secretary...