The Odds of a Government Shutdown Just Shot Up June 13th, 2023 Plus: Inflation cools for 11th straight month
$400 Billion in Pandemic Aid Stolen, Wasted or Misspent: Analysis June 12th, 2023 Plus: Hardliners end House blockade … for now
House Republicans Unveil New Tax Cut Plan June 9th, 2023 Plus: House hardliners’ blockade may go on for a while
Hardliners Rebel in Anger Over Debt Limit Deal June 6th, 2023 Plus: Merck sues to block Medicare drug price negotiations
Congress Isn’t Done With Fiscal Fights This Year June 5th, 2023 Plus: The cost of debt limit brinkmanship
Debt Limit Deal Clears a Major Hurdle May 31st, 2023 Plus: Is McCarthy blowing smoke on savings in the deal?
Right and Left Fume as Negotiators Near a Debt Limit Deal May 25th, 2023 Plus: Fitch puts US on ‘rating watch negative’
Republicans Rebuff Biden Offers as Debt Talks Bog Down May 24th, 2023 Plus: Polls telling different stories on the debt showdown
Debt Talks ‘Nowhere Near a Deal’ as Deadline Looms May 23rd, 2023 Plus: When Treasury will hit the danger zone
No Deal Yet but McCarthy Says Biden Meeting ‘Productive’ May 22nd, 2023 Plus: Yellen says early June deadline ‘highly likely’
Republicans Abruptly Hit ‘Pause’ on Debt Talks May 19th, 2023 Plus: Accounting error means $3 billion more for Ukraine
Biden and McCarthy Offer Hope for a Debt Deal May 16th, 2023 Plus: Extending the 2017 tax cuts would cost $3.5 trillion