It’s looking like "thumbs up" for Russ Vought in the Senate, where Republicans are preparing to confirm him to lead the White House budget office despite his reputation for withholding congressionally ...

U.S. President Donald Trump has used one of the flurry of executive actions that he issued on his first day back in the White House to begin the process of withdrawing the U.S. from the World Health ...

The Congressional Budget Office projects the federal deficit will continue to rise, reaching $2.7 trillion by 2035, due to ...

The Senate has passed a bill that would require federal authorities to detain migrants accused of theft and violent crimes.

But that record was threatened in the Republican-led House of Representatives on July 14, 2023, when members passed the US$886 billion bill by a 219-210 mostly party-line vote. Reflecting the current ...

Rep. Tim Burchett has never voted to increase the U.S. borrowing limit in his life. And that might not change just because ...

Some people haven't received all their Social Security benefits, even though they paid into the system. A new law changes ...

MANILA, Philippines — President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. ordered a review of the priority projects that were defunded by Congress in the ... how to go about the budget cuts. Agencies like the ...

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After being suspended by the Fiscal Responsibility Act in 2023, the federal debt ceiling was restored on January 2 and set to the outstanding debt level at that time: $36.1 trillion. In December 2024, ...

It comes four years after a violent mob of Trump supporters attacked the Capitol to try to prevent Congress from affirming ... Here's what to know about the process. Senators and members of ...

the Congressional Budget Office estimates. The move comes as Social Security recipients are receiving a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) in 2025. Here is what to know about the bill and who ...