A government watchdog is warning that the federal debt has reached $28.2 trillion, nearly 98% of the nation's gross domestic ...

In his frenetic efforts to increase government “efficiency,” Elon Musk has usurped Congress’s rightful authority over ...

The Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) latest budget and economic outlook includes a troubling projection for net inte ...

Democrats are still trying to find their footing under the new administration, with some anti-Trump demonstrators urging them ...

The federal government has congressionally approved buyout authority that’s capped at $25,000. Trump’s plan allows workers ...

President Donald Trump’s administration this week launched one of its most brazen challenges yet to Congress’s authority.

Caught between the debt and their tax base, Republicans are considering some novel ways to account for the cost of their ...

A closer look at the U.S. government's $36 trillion debt — some of which is "intergovernmental," meaning money the government ...

Republicans’ agenda of cutting taxes and increasing spending on their policy priorities depends significantly on identifying ...

We not only have the right but the duty to hold our public servants accountable. Given that our country is fast approaching bankruptcy, we should be grateful that this process has finally begun.

Roosevelt (FDR) contributed the largest percentage increase to U.S. national debt to date. Roosevelt entered office when the United States was ... by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), Biden ...

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