Since the mid-1970s, Washington’s budget fights have sometimes brought the federal government to a halt. Some closures slipped by with little impact, while others stretched on and disrupted life ...

WASHINGTON — For the first time in seven years, the federal government could shut down. As of Friday morning, Republicans and Democrats are still in a blame-casting game that has lasted since Senate ...

Votes scheduled for Friday: The partial government shutdown continues into its third day, and legislators have votes scheduled for Friday on funding bills that offer possibilities for extending ...

Even before the shutdown occurred, NPR and PBS issued their poll warning Republicans would get more of the blame than Democrats. That's why those partisan hacks deserved defunding. A substantial ...

Earlier this year, President Trump signed into law a package funding every government agency except DHS for the remainder of FY2026, which ends on September 30.

I’ve recently become somewhat of a nerd when it comes to taxation – not an entirely unproductive rabbit hole to burrow down. There are some interesting ideas about new “wealth taxes” in the West.