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 ...

Labor Department data shows that consumer prices rose a combined 20.8% during the course of Biden’s presidency, but people’s average weekly earnings rose just 17.4% over the same period. That meant ...

President-elect says he has ordered inauguration and speeches to take place in the Capitol Rotunda ‘as was used by Ronald Reagan in 1985’ ...

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

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

The new budget forecasts predicted that the United States will record a $1.9 trillion budget deficit this fiscal year and ...

President-elect Donald Trump has proposed trillions of dollars of tax cuts for individuals and businesses. In some states, ...

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 ...

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

House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) set his sights on means-tested anti-poverty and welfare programs.