Last night, President Trump promised to issue a $5,000 “dividend” to every adult citizen in the United States should his party retaine ...

Speaking at the Republican Midterm Convention yesterday in Dallas, Texas, President Trump floated a new proposal to “issue a dividend to every adult citizen in the United States of America for ...

The United States borrowed $2.0 trillion in the first eleven months of Fiscal Year (FY) 2026, including $168 billion in August, according to the latest ...

Last month, the 30-year bond reached a 19-year record yield of 5.3% and remain nearly that high despite the Treasury ...

This week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a new report analyzing the current system of taxing Social Security benefits.

As recently as 2001, debt held by the public was 32% of GDP and falling, while the federal government was running annual surpluses of about 1% to 2% of GDP. Today, debt held by the public is 100% of ...

The Senate Budget Committee released its fiscal year (FY) 2027 budget resolution earlier this month. Most significantly, the ...

A group of researchers recently estimated that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) proposed Generating Cost Reductions for US Medicaid (GENEROUS) payment model could save the federal ...

On August 5, 2026, Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget Senior Vice President and Senior Policy Director Marc Goldwein testified before the Senate Committee on Finance on the topic of "Explor ...

The appropriations process for Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 has begun, with action expected in both the House of Representatives and the Senate. The appropriations process for FY 2026 was completed in April ...

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