WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government’s gross national debt has surpassed $37 trillion, a record number that highlights the ...

In January 2020, the CBO estimated that gross federal debt would not surpass $37 trillion until after fiscal year 2030.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite the U.S. taking in record income from President Donald Trump's tariffs in July — with a 273% ...

— Extend the police takeover: Under the 51-year-old federal law creating D.C.’s local government, Trump can seize control of ...

Congress’s budget arm reported Monday that Republicans’ massive tax-and-spending legislation dubbed the “One Beautiful Bill” ...

The Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” will make the poorest Americans even poorer, while padding the wallets of the highest ...

Traditionally, elected officials have feared public backlash if they try to take from the poor to give to the rich. This year, Republicans did it anyway.

The mega tax law, dubbed Trump's Big Beautiful Bill, has made more items “indexed to inflation,” or set to receive an automatic cost-of-living adjustment each year. Americans already see these annual ...

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the 10% of poorest Americans will lose roughly $1,200 a year, while the richest 10% will see their income increase by $13,600.

Embracing bipartisanship, rather than lamenting it as so many have done, would bring common ground to the forefront in a way ...

Colorado health officials are beginning to map out a plan for how to deal with federal changes to Medicaid under congressional Republicans’ and President Donald Trump’s recently enacted “big, ...