Funding gaps and government shutdowns haven’t always been a regular topic of conversation when Congress debates federal spending. The federal government shut down just after midnight Wednesday, making…
Read more Get the Facts: How often do government shutdowns occur?Funding gaps and government shutdowns haven’t always been a regular topic of conversation when Congress debates federal spending. The federal government shut down just after midnight Wednesday, making…
Read more Get the Facts: How often do government shutdowns occur?WASHINGTON, October 1, 2025 (Newswire.com) – Black Book Research today released an independent assessment showing that while Medicare and Medicaid continue unaffected, the shutdown is forcing sweeping furloughs…
Read more Medicare Holds, But the Rest of Healthcare Wobbles: Shutdown Threatens Trials, Telehealth and Safety NetsThis article was originally published in Chalkbeat. The Trump administration won’t be handing out any blue ribbons to schools this year. As President Donald Trump seeks to scale…
Read more Trump Administration Ends National Blue Ribbon Schools ProgramICE-branded vehicles parked at the U.S. Capitol on August 13. Photo: Andrew Leyden/Getty Images ICE is now flush with taxpayer cash thanks to the roughly $75 billion in…
Read more Two Big Signs That ICE Has Way Too Much MoneyThe IRS is promising its focus on increased tax compliance will help with the nation’s debt problem. “Achieving our goals will result not only in a fairer tax…
Read more Closing the $688 billion tax gap won't help solve the US debt problemThe best way to understand last week’s unusual debate between Governors Gavin Newsom of California and Ron DeSantis of Florida is to think of them less as representatives…
Read more What the DeSantis and Newsom Debate Really RevealedThe speaker made a last-minute reversal to avert a government shutdown. It could cost him his job. Anna Moneymaker / Getty September 30, 2023, 5:52 PM ET Updated…
Read more Kevin McCarthy Finally Defies the RightPresident Joe Biden has already made the most important domestic-policy decision he’ll likely face this year. Biden and his top advisers have repeatedly indicated that they will reject…
Read more The Obama Legacy Shaping Biden’s Most Important DecisionThe long-serving Senator Chuck Grassley is, for lack of a comparison closer to home, Iowa’s Queen Elizabeth II. This is partly a matter of sheer longevity. At 89,…
Read more A World Without Chuck Grassley in the Senate?
