The MSNBC host reflected on an "American hero" during a previous crash whom he called the "worst thing you can be in Donald ...

This technical note explains how we adjust the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ten-year budget baseline issued in January 2025 to create our CBPP baseline, which we use in our analyses of ...

Republican proposals Congress could consider this year would take away or reduce food assistance from tens of millions of ...

President Trump is considering eliminating FEMA citing inefficiency. States and climate advocates say FEMA needs a fix but it also needs to stay.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to hike Medicare fees for doctors by 6.62%, offsetting inflation and cuts made this ...

The impact on the U.S. economy as a whole will depend on how extensive the deportations are. While Donald Trump has threatened to carry out the “ largest deportation program in American history ” ...

The U.S. currently holds $36.22 trillion in debt. That is a staggering figure creating rightful concern among Americans. It is also set to increase under President Donald Trump’s promise to extend ...

A 1974 law requires the president to spend the appropriations passed by Congress or seek its permission to suspend funding.

The Trump administration grabbed at the 'power of the purse' in Congress, using a little-known executive action that could ...

Lost amid this week’s panic is the role the government’s dysfunctional budgeting process contributed to the cacophony and ...

U.S. federal budgeting has two major categories of spending. The one subject to the most scrutiny is “discretionary” spending, which is the basis of the annual appropriations process. This includes ...

Immigrants residing illegally within the U.S. could no longer receive child tax credits or tax breaks for low income earners ...