Donald Trump’s attempt to align foreign aid with his America First policy is too blunt and will have deadly consequences.

The U.S. Constitution gives Congress authority over spending matters, and Democrats argue that Trump does not have the ...

President Donald Trump has pursued a radical overhaul of the U.S. government since taking office on January 20, aiming to ...

According to a financial aid expert, college tuition inflation and an unfriendly new administration are likely to make the ...

Why not use the looming fiscal crisis of the states to tackle the buck-passing by seriously reforming which tier of ...

Zimbabwe’s $21B debt and a severe El Niño-driven drought leave 7.6M people in need of food aid, as blocked funding worsens ...

America’s sovereign-debt spiral has been building since Washington embarked on large budget deficits in the 1980s. As the tab rose from about 30% of GDP towards 100% in the 21st century, the Treasury ...

Trump told reporters that the effort to slash spending could cut $1 trillion from the federal budget, which totaled $6.75 ...

Ray Dalio, the founder of the world's largest hedge fund, recently warned of serious economic consequences for the U.S. if ...

Republicans have leveraged the debt ceiling for years to block Democrats’ agenda. Now liberals see an opening to stymy Trump.

Fiscal hawks warn that deficits produce higher inflation rates and higher interest rates that harm the poor the most.

Let’s hope that Elon Musk is, indeed, a latter-day Grant, doggedly pursuing the spending that strangles our country, ...