The national debt is slated to rise by $23.9 trillion over the next decade, a sum that does not include trillions of dollars ...

Gov. Bob Ferguson suggested cutting 6% of the state’s budget to offset shortfalls, but lawmakers on both sides said fire suppression funds should not be touched ...

A Congressional Budget Office report shows debt closing in on a post-World War II high as a share of GDP.

Outgoing Secretary of State Antony Blinken told The Associated Press that he hopes the incoming Trump administration will ...

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, the U.S. government’s fiscal health is bleak, with debt and deficits ...

Surging long-term interest rates and stubborn inflation are inflaming divisions among congressional Republicans over paying ...

Washington is set for a rollicking tax fight in the coming year, with observers of all stripes expecting a historic deal to extend Donald Trump's 2017 tax cuts at some point.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken bade farewell to the State Department on Friday, urging career staffers to carry on in ...

President-elect Donald Trump will take the oath of office from inside the Capitol Rotunda Monday due to forecasts of intense ...

As a presidential candidate last year, Donald Trump declared that if California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) did not divert more of ...

Projections show steady budget deficits exceeding 5% of GDP, even assuming that the bulk of the 2017 tax cuts expire.