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

Republicans will attempt a tax and spending bill that will not require substantial budget cuts, but there may be serious math problems ahead.

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 ...

The Trump administration grabbed at the 'power of the purse' in Congress, using a little-known executive action that could ...

Lost amid this week’s panic is the role the government’s dysfunctional budgeting process contributed to the cacophony and ...

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 ...

Osceola County mine would produce tons of table salt and potassium chloride — potash — a critical mineral used by farmers to fertilize their crops.

President Trump is considering eliminating FEMA citing inefficiency. States and climate advocates say FEMA needs a fix but it also needs to stay.

The president’s pick for budget chief is on the verge of confirmation amid clashes over a spending freeze and worries about ...

While the federal funding freeze has lifted, area researchers remain concerned, confused about the future of federally funded climate and resilience projects.

Trump’s early, extraordinary steps pose a direct challenge to a fundamental underpinning of the Constitution: the power of the purse.

In a hearing today, city officials began to share details on how Chicago would regulate and tax intoxicating hemp products, ...