Earlier this month, President Trump issued an executive order that introduces a new framework for how federal grants are reviewed, awarded and rescinded. Titled “Improving Oversight of Federal ...

Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins testifies during a House Committee on Appropriations budget hearing on Capitol Hill on May 15. (Yuri Gripas/AP) Congress will head into its Memorial Day recess ...

Federal spending is in the spotlight this year like never before, as the Trump administration has bypassed Congress and held up billions of dollars lawmakers had already approved for education.

The U.S government’s debt hit $37.6 trillion on Sept. 30, the end of the most recent fiscal year. To put that number in perspective, a stack of $1 bills in that amount would be 2.5 million miles tall.

As a budget deal inches toward President Donald Trump’s desk, many lawmakers in Washington are demanding a smaller deficit increase and more savings for the federal government. But the more the feds ...

Kentucky lawmakers must craft the next two-year budget during the 2026 legislative session, taking into account major federal ...

Congressional passage of the massive budget reconciliation measure, H.R. 1, in July set in motion a new federal-state fiscal dynamic—and states are moving fast to adapt. The law reshapes three policy ...

Mr. Kahn is the acting director of the Center for Congressional and Presidential Studies at American University. He worked for two decades as the staff director of the House Budget Committee. For the ...

Nevada is affected by a nationwide pause on federal childcare funds as HHS tightens verification requirements.

If many of us operated our household budgets like the federal government, we would be considered reckless and irresponsible. And yet, here we are again, facing another showdown over a shutdown. The ...

US Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) speaks during a town hall in Green Bay, Wisconsin earlier this year. Johnson has introduced legislation that would prevent government shutdowns through an automatic ...

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