Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Wednesday the state is putting $1 billion in its budget to strengthen border security because the federal government, under President Joe Biden’s administration, has failed to do so.
Democrat nominee for Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe was slapped with The Washington Post’s worst rating for repeated claims that Republicans are to blame for the budget deficit he inherited when he previously served…
The U.S. budget deficit hit a record $2.06 trillion through the first eight months of this budget year as coronavirus relief programs drove spending to all-time highs.The shortfall this year is 9.7% higher than the…
Acting OMB Director Shalanda Young on Wednesday refused to say whether President Joe Biden’s budget would include funding for the Wuhan Institute of Virology…
A U.S. budget ban on federal funding of most abortions is nearly as old as the 1973 Supreme Court decision of Roe v. Wade, but President Joe Biden has removed it from his $6 trillion…
President Joe Biden’s release of his $6 trillion spending plan late Friday before a holiday weekend ”shows exactly how proud they are of this disaster of a budget,” Rep. Jason Smith, R-Mo., told Newsmax Friday….
President Joe Biden on Friday unveiled a $6 trillion budget for next year that’s piled high with new safety net programs for the poor and middle class, but his generosity depends on taxing corporations and…
President Joe Biden has appointed Neera Tanden, who withdrew from consideration to lead the White House Office of Management and Budget after strong opposition from Republicans, to be a senior adviser, the White House said…
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said he will soon sign a budget that will include $1,000 bonuses for all police officers, firefighters and first responders in the state…
Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday asked a House subcommittee for an increase of $85 million to bolster the Justice Department and FBI’s efforts in probing domestic terrorism cases.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is quietly considering a fast-track budget maneuver to legalize millions of undocumented immigrants should bipartisan talks on providing a pathway to citizenship fall apart,” The New York Times reported.
Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., said his positions on the Byrd rule and filibuster are the same — there’s no reason to change either.Manchin, who previously said he will not vote to kill the filibuster, defended…
The U.S. Air Force and its allies are sharpening their arguments for why a delay or reversal in replacing Cold War-era Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missiles with the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent would weaken the…
The U.S. government’s budget deficit hit $735.7 billion through the first four months of the budget year – an all-time high for the period – as a pandemic-induced recession cut into tax revenues while spending…