These experiences were top of mind when the framers drafted the Constitution, Sandefur said. They “sought to ensure that the ...

Higher borrowing costs are driving up an estimate of the impact to the U.S. budget deficit from President Donald Trump’s ...

The federal budget deficit increased by $109 billion in first 10 months of fiscal year 2025 despite a $70 billion boost from the Trump administration's tariffs on imported goods.

Both chambers of Congress are in August recess, and Republican lawmakers are using the time to promote the tax cuts passed in ...

Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released new analysis showing that President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans’ One Big Beautiful Bill Act adds at least $4.1 trillion—and ...

A federal appeals court on Saturday ordered the Trump administration to restore a public database showing how federal funding is apportioned.  The administration disabled the database in March as ...

The Republican Party’s big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts that Trump signed into law July 4 included what’s arguably ...

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) said this week that so-called pocket rescissions, a controversial maneuver ...

Rappler reporter Dwight de Leon explains the House's tradition of voting for the passage of the national budget even before amendments are finalized ...

A program that pays court-appointed private lawyers is facing a financial crisis, since it ran out of money in early July.

A group of Democrats in Congress is seeking to stop Department of Government Efficiency employees from moving into permanent positions in the federal government.

A who’s who oF Christian conservative leaders says the administration should continue making chainsaw-style cuts to federal programs ...