The big and beautiful bill is absolutely necessary, but it is not nearly enough to rescue the nation from fiscal disaster.

The White House was left scrambling after reports that Hegseth had fired three top aides following an illegal wiretap.

Spend a few minutes browsing political commentary or scrolling social media and you will discover a seemingly settled truth: inequality in the West is soaring, the middle class is being hollowed out, ...

DOGE is cutting government spending, but overall spending is still up and the deficit has increased. Learn what that means ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker increased Illinois’ state spending more during his first six state budgets than any other state leader in ...

Top Democratic funding negotiators are accusing the Trump administration of withholding spending plans for federal agencies and hundreds of programs required by law.  In a letter on Tuesday, Sen.

Rather than justify sticker shock at the trillions of dollars President Donald Trump’s tax bill would add to deficits and the ...

The group run by Elon Musk that aims to cut federal spending in the second Trump administration is targeting U.S. Census ...

This paper studies how the effects of government spending vary with the economic environment. Using a panel of OECD countries, we identify fiscal shocks as residuals from an estimated spending rule ...

Congressional Republicans are moving quickly to pass a mammoth tax and spending cuts package that could have a direct impact on millions of Americans and drastic consequences for the economy.

House Republicans voted to advance a bill that would offer lavish tax cuts for the rich while slashing benefits for the poor.

The House-passed Republican reconciliation plan would cut nearly $300 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ...