government spending
Trump is moving to gut the Department of Education — here's what it does
President Trump is taking dramatic action Thursday to inch closer to fulfilling a nearly five-decade-old conservative dream of abolishing the Department of Education, which was created in 1979 under the...
Trump administration freezes $175M in UPenn funding for letting trans athletes compete in women's sports
UPenn took roughly $1 billion in federal funds in 2024, but more taxpayer money could be yanked amid a broader probe by the Trump admin into other possible Title IX...
Chuck Schumer defends funding vote amid progressive backlash, saying shutdown would bring 'devastation like we've never seen'
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY)?defended his decision to stiff-arm left-wing lawmakers and join Republicans to pass a six-month government funding bill last week, claiming a partial shutdown would have...
Democrats' budget 'debate' is all about how fast to ruin NY
Maybe the only cure for New York’s feckless state lawmakers is to just blow up Albany.
Despite the legal slog, DOGE's war on waste NEEDS fighting
On Monday, US District Court Judge Amir Ali ordered the administration to resume sending out payments for USAID work completed through Feb. 13.
Senate Dems join with Republicans to pass government funding bill, avert a midnight shutdown
The bill — a continuing resolution that will essentially extend fiscal 2024 spending levels through the start of the 2026 fiscal year — is backed by President Trump.
Biden ran up insane bills before he left the White House — here’s how Trump plans to pay them down
However big the bill, everyone agrees that it's a lot of money that the bloated federal government doesn't have.
Chancellor has some nerve seeking yet more cash for NYC schools with a budget already exceeding $41B
Spending on the public schools now accounts for more than a third of New York City’s budget — yet the woman nominally in charge of the Department of Education, Chancellor...
How Democrats' anti-Trump theatrics are failing America
The party out of power is supposed to moderate the majority's excesses — but Democrats' over-the-top hysteria is a dereliction of duty.
The week in whoppers: Whoopi Goldberg insults female athletes, Financial Times' columnist claims Biden left a 'perfect economy' and more
Financial Times columnist Edward Luce claimed that former President Biden left Trump with a "perfect" economy.
Trump is deworming DC — now, keep the parasites out for good
Make the government smaller, force tough spending choices, and we’ll make Washington less corrupt.
The quiet crisis at ActBlue, Trump war on antisemitism and other commentary
“ActBlue is an important part of the Democratic machine. And now something appears to have gone terribly wrong,” reports the Washington Examiner’s Byron York.
Government shutdown likely after Schumer says Senate Dems will block GOP funding bill
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer warned that Republicans lack the votes in the upper chamber to pass their plan to avert a looming government shutdown on Friday at midnight.
Boeing among top NASA contractors plagued by billions in cost overruns and delays, report finds
Several of NASA's top private contracts have been plagued by cost overruns and delays that have forced taxpayers to cough up billions extra while resulting in over 34 indictments over...
Trump says GOP rep. ‘should be primaried’ for opposing measure to avert government shutdown?
Massie, a hardline conservative, has pledged to vote against a Trump-backed measure that would increase defense spending while decreasing most non-defense spending below 2024 levels through the end of September.?
House Rules Committee advances stopgap government funding bill?in effort to avoid shutdown
The GOP plan to keep the government open through September cleared the House Rules Committee in a 9-3 vote, with every Democrat on the panel voting against it.?
Here's what could derail GOP plan to avert gov't shutdown Friday
Republicans are scrambling to pull off a feat they've been unable to do since retaking the House in 2023?— avert a government shutdown without leaning on Democratic support.
House Dems shut down stopgap funding talks as government shutdown looms
Johnson (R-La.) indicated Friday that he intends to put a “clean” continuing resolution up for a vote early next week – a move Jeffries blasted as “unacceptable.”?
Hochul cries wolf over Medicaid 'cuts' to hide her political abuse of its funds
In her four budget cycles since taking over as governor, Hochul has jacked up the state share of Medicaid by 59% — at a time when the economy was growing,...
Why US federal agency spending has outpaced inflation -- despite headcounts dropping billions fly out the door
Washington is spending more of your money than ever -- far above the rate of price increases over the past quarter-century.