President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable on farm subsidies in the Cabinet Room of the White House, Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, in Washington, as Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins listens. (AP ...
Pending tax and spending legislation is putting additional upward pressure on the U.S. national debt. Much like the broader U.S. budget process, a legislative procedure currently being used to advance ...
This year has, unfortunately, provided some excellent illustrations of Congress’s dysfunction. We are currently emerging from a record-long shutdown. Senate Democrats filibustered funding in a doomed ...
House Republicans are steaming ahead with their megabill containing the bulk of President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda. As of Tuesday morning, Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., is hoping to get the ...
The adage “if you are in a hole, stop digging” aptly applies to the federal budget outlook. Left unchanged, the current federal budget is projected to see increasing debt and deficits well into the ...