A few weeks before Donald Trump was sworn in as president, members of his transition team went to the Treasury Department to ...

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 ...

Republican proposals Congress could consider this year would take away or reduce food assistance from tens of millions of ...

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.

From the funding freeze to the federal-employee buyout, the White House doesn’t seem to know what its own teams are doing.

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 ...