U.S. federal budgeting has two major categories of spending. The one subject to the most scrutiny is “discretionary” spending, which is the basis of the annual appropriations process. This includes ...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers wants to hike Medicare fees for doctors by 6.62%, offsetting inflation and cuts made this ...

This technical note explains how we adjust the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ten-year budget baseline issued in January 2025 to create our CBPP baseline, which we use in our analyses of ...

President Trump is considering eliminating FEMA citing inefficiency. States and climate advocates say FEMA needs a fix but it also needs to stay.

The U.S. currently holds $36.22 trillion in debt. That is a staggering figure creating rightful concern among Americans. It is also set to increase under President Donald Trump’s promise to extend ...

Richard Stern joins “The Signal Sitdown” to discuss the players, procedures, and policy options on the table for budget ...

Republican leadership debates about how, and when, to proceed with the budget reconciliation process is another day the American people are forced to wait for President Trump’s agenda to kick into ...

Congress and Republican President Donald Trump have made it clear they intend to consider far-reaching policies to limit the ...

Some House Republicans are frustrated with a lack of progress in the reconciliation process, but leadership says the ...

Long a focus of conservatives, the level of public borrowing is starting to concern left-leaning economists. Proposed ...

Those who continue distributing appropriated funds despite the freeze order are standing on firm legal ground.