What does a shutdown have to do with the budget or Elon Musk? Here’s a guide
There's a lot going on when it comes to federal spending right now. Here's how it all fits together.
A Huge Threat to the U.S. Budget Has Receded. And No One Is Sure Why.
Instead of growing and growing, as it always had, spending per Medicare beneficiary has nearly leveled off after more than a decade.
House Republicans demand deep cuts to spending bills they rarely support
WASHINGTON — House Republican leaders working to write and pass the spending bills that fund the government face a major hurdle: Their own party —...
Along with conservative triumphs, signs of new caution at Supreme Court
The court remains deeply conservative but is more in tune with the fitfully incremental approach of Chief Justice John Roberts than with the take-no-prisoners approach...
Pelosi promises bill to limit lawmakers’ investment trades VIEW
The House speaker said Wednesday that Democrats would bring legislation to the floor this month that would place restrictions on the ability of lawmakers to...
As earmarks return to Congress, lawmakers rush to steer money home
Often derided as pork and regarded as an unseemly and even corrupt practice, earmarks are also a tool of consensus-building in Congress.
Breaking down $13.6 billion in American aid for Kyiv
The money includes weapons, military supplies and one of the largest infusions of U.S. foreign aid in the last decade.
The kindergarten exodus: 340,000 absent children VIEW
As the pandemic upended life in the United States, more than 1 million children who had been expected to enroll did not show up, in...