Where US adults think the government is spending too much, according to polling
Polling also shows many Americans, including Republicans, think the country is spending too little on major government ...
DOGE discussing Housing Department layoffs
Elon Musk and his team at the Department of Government Efficiency have arrived at the Department of Housing and Urban ...
EPA banking on a fight over ‘gold bars’
Back to the EPA money The two grant programs that Zeldin targeted are the $14 billion National Clean Investment Fund, or ...
Vance gives Europe another wake up call
MUNICH — Europe’s had a lot of “wake up call” moments since the rise of President DONALD TRUMP began a decade ago. Is today ...
A Manchin down under
Former Sen. Joe Manchin, easily one of the most consequential Washingtonians of the Biden era, has landed downtown.
Congress, not the president, decides on government spending − a constitutional law professor explains how the ‘power of the purse’ works
Congress has the authority to control government expenditures. Donald Trump is the latest president to try to get around that ...
Meet the latest — and oddest — 2028 Democratic prospect
FIRST TAKE — When Democrats fade into their happy place — 2028 — there’s a long roster of familiar governors, senators and other party officials that they run through for potential candidates. And in ...
Bracing for a Shutdown Fight, Democrats Warn Their Votes Are Not a Given
As Democrats ponder how best to position themselves for a looming spending confrontation, they are finding novel ways to put ...
Brussels to exempt defence spending from EU budget constraints
The European Commission will propose exempting defence from EU limits on government spending, the head of the EU executive, ...
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Do Trump executive orders violate the Constitution? Louisiana's Mike Johnson says no.
In almost every conversation, seemingly, U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson mentions he is a constitutional lawyer.