A new report cautions that growing federal debt not only guarantees a day of reckoning but hobbles chances of fixing the ...

Months before the U.S.-Israel war with Iran began, Pete Hegseth’s Department of Defense reportedly went on a ...

Pentagon spending in September included nearly $9 million on Alaskan king grab and lobster tails, more than $200 million in ...

Residents passing through the square in Lancaster had the chance to weigh in on a serious question: How should the federal ...

Panics about the rising US deficit have stirred up bond vigilantes before. An economist thinks concerns about military ...

The U.S. economy, hobbled by last fall's 43-day government shutdown, advanced at a sluggish 0.7% annual rate from October ...

Government cuts under Trump’s second term weakened U.S. emergency, security, and foreign response capabilities, now under ...

Government spending under the Trump administration has increased in 2025, despite a pledge from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to drastically cut it, according to new analysis. The ...

Steve Mufson had a piece in the Washington Post Outlook section this past weekend suggesting that the $172 billion that the U.S. government has spent on early stage energy research since 1961 has ...

Wherever you look in American politics right now, you’ll find legislators saying the government still doesn’t tax enough — ...