The United States federal budget deficit totaled $1 trillion in the first five months of fiscal year 2026, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The latest federal deficit estimate is $142 ...

One of the largest bulk expenditures was just for furniture, for which the Pentagon decided to shell out $225 million. That included $12,000 for fruit basket stands, and checks totaling more than ...

The United States borrowed $1.0 trillion in the first five months of Fiscal Year (FY) 2026, including $308 billion in February, according to the latest ...

Child hunger leaders from across North Carolina — including representatives from school nutrition departments, food banks, ...

The United States devotes a minuscule portion of its federal spending to the nation’s babies. In fiscal year 2025, 1.59% of ...

State legislators are battling over a plan to build the 14-mile-long bridge across Long Island Sound that would divert traffic from two other bridges and two ferries.

As number nears $39 trillion and Trump promises to balance budget, Americans spend more on interest than on defense ...

One of the immediate fallouts of the hostilities is the rise in crude oil price to $90 per barrel at the international market ...

Losing long-term care is not an abstract policy outcome. It means losing help with the most basic tasks of daily living: eating, bathing, dressing, and taking medications. It means risking eviction ...

The 2026 short session began in early February and ended on Friday in a flurry of votes that will impact Oregonians across the state.

For more than two decades, the jail in this Democratic-leaning county has housed ICE detainees regardless of which political ...

OpEd: In an era of partisanship, how could we trust that delegates to a Constitutional Convention would be faithful to the ...