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The federal budget deficit totaled $2.0 trillion over the past 12 months, $310 billion below last month's $2.3 trillion estimate. This reduction can...

Former President and current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump recently suggested implementing a baseline tariff of 10 percent on all U.S...

Committee president Maya MacGuineas recently joined Bloomberg's "Balance of Power" with Annmarie Hordern and Joe Mathieu to discuss the chances of a...

We expect there will be an awful lot of talk about a government shutdown in the coming weeks and months, so we decided to create a highly unscientific...

In the first Republican primary debate of the 2024 presidential election cycle, candidates made a number of claims relating to fiscal policy, the...

Interest rates are on the rise, with daily Treasury yields up in nearly every maturity since the beginning of August. This piece takes a closer look...

In its June 2023 Long-Term Budget Outlook, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) dedicated an entire section to discussing the risks and threats of...

On July 12, the Senate Budget Committee held a hearing titled " Protecting Social Security for All: Making the Wealthy Pay Their Fair Share" to...

In a video published to his campaign website on June 20, 2023, former President Donald Trump declared he would use “impoundment” authority to reduce...

The White House recently proposed a supplemental appropriations package to boost Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 ordinary appropriations by $40 billion above...

Some parts of the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) have recently expired or changed, and large portions of the TCJA will expire by the end of...

As the 2024 presidential campaign ramps up, candidates are facing pressure to pledge not to touch Social Security. While this pledge is framed as...