National debt races toward record level as Trump takes office
As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, the U.S. government’s fiscal health is bleak, with debt and deficits ...
CBO projects U.S. debt to grow $23.9 trillion in 10 years, not including costs of extending tax cuts
The national debt is slated to rise by $23.9 trillion over the next decade, a sum that does not include trillions of dollars ...
Trump plans an audacious grab for congressional ‘power of the purse’
As a presidential candidate last year, Donald Trump declared that if California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) did not divert more of ...
Surging Long-Term Rates Stoke GOP Tensions on Paying for Tax Cut
Surging long-term interest rates and stubborn inflation are inflaming divisions among congressional Republicans over paying ...
Lawler, Latimer favor study of Social Security's future as fund faces depletion by 2033
With the clock is ticking on the Social Security Trust Fund, Reps. George Latimer and Mike Lawler say more time is needed to ...
Poverty rate in US drops due to welfare program expansion
Poverty rates have also plunged during that time, dropping from 13.3% to around 3.5% after adjusting for inflation. But the ...
U.S. borrowing hits $710 billion in first 3 months of fiscal year
The federal government borrowed $710 billion in the first three months of fiscal year 2025, with 10 days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
Trump's pick for budget director won't say whether he would release Ukraine aid
WASHINGTON (AP) — Russell Vought, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for White House budget director, declined Wednesday ...
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3 Crucial Ways to Avoid Poverty Should Be Taught in Schools
Social scientists use the term “success sequence” to describe three choices that can dramatically improve the likelihood that ...
Illinois Congressional Democrats plot ways to blunt policies after Trump takes office
Democrats in Congress representing the Chicago area looking for ways to limit the scope of President-elect’s Donald Trump’s ...
Anti-Trump columnist delivers withering assessment of 'failed' Biden presidency as he leaves office
George Will, an anti-Trump columnist for The Washington Post, wrote a scathing assessment of President Biden's actions as ...
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The Key Questions Trump Must Answer Before His Inauguration
From his legislative strategy to the scope of executive orders to what to do about DOGE, the president-elect has a ton of ...