Two decades after a GOP vice president declared that deficits don’t matter, Trump and his party are going all out to test ...

From the Central Valley of California to Midwestern battlegrounds and suburban districts of the northeast, the new law ...

The two-year budget only funds Child Care Cred for one year -- the fiscal year that ends June 30, 2026; the budget doesn’t ...

Amid the ferocious debate over Trump’s “Big Beautiful,” I can hear echoes of the old “welfare queen” legend, particularly ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson touted an alleged federal budget surplus for June 2025, the first since 2017, and said with ...

Senior citizens are getting a tax break in President Donald Trump’s sweeping tax and spending cuts package, but it’s not the ...

As a warming planet delivers more extreme weather, experts warn that the Trump administration is dismantling the government’s ...

Q: The U.S. Supreme Court ended its term with rulings that significantly expanded executive authority, including allowing ...

Despite Trump’s claims, the bill is extremely unpopular. Five recent polls found net approval ratings ranging from minus-19 percentage points to minus-29 points for the legislation. “The more ...

The state spending deal reached in May by Gov. Kathy Hochul and legislative Democrats hiked outlays by 9.3%, three times ...