White House

Budget Battles

  • Americans Face a Bumpy Road As Highway Bill Stalls

    By Eric Pianin

    Well folks, better buckle up for a bumpy ride this summer because Congress appears deadlocked over financing new federal highway and infrastructure construction projects for the coming year. Sen...

  • The Super PAC to End All Super PACs

    By Christina Farr, Reuters

    A group of influential Internet moguls aim to fix what they refer to as the "big money problem" in Washington politics by, well, raising cash. Forming a Super Political Action Committee (PAC) called...

  • The Vast, Out-of-Control Costs of Climate Change

    By Sharon Begley, Reuters

    Annual property losses from hurricanes and other coastal storms of $35 billion; a decline in crop yields of 14 percent, costing corn and wheat farmers tens of billions of dollars; heat wave-driven...

  • Just How Rich Is Hillary Clinton?

    By Phil Terrigno, The Fiscal Times

    At first, too little money was the issue. Now, it’s too much. By claiming to have struggled with financial concerns after leaving the White House, and later backtracking, Hillary Clinton has driven a...

  • Congress Would Give VA a Blank Check to Fix Health Care Mess

    By Brianna Ehley, The Fiscal Times

    When lawmakers head to conference to try to reform the embattled Veterans Affairs health care system, they will consider a Senate-passed measure that includes authorizing $200 million to lease...