The confirmation of Russell T. Vought to lead the powerful White House budget office is likely to escalate the funding fights ...

It’s vital for Congress to pair pro-growth tax cuts with pro-growth spending reforms. The federal budget itself needs a ...

The Constitution gives Congress what’s called “the power of the purse,” or the ability to spend taxpayer money — not the ...

President Donald Trump hosted an unusually long meeting with House Republicans at the White House on Thursday, turning over ...

Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) said Thursday he thinks President Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) commission, ...

Fiscal hawks warn that deficits produce higher inflation rates and higher interest rates that harm the poor the most.

Trump himself has been firing off executive orders at a record pace (he had signed 54 as of February 6; only Harry Truman ...

The Federal Highway Administration directed states to stop spending money for EV charging infrastructure​ — funds that were ...

Republicans bet on the economy growing faster than reasonable to cover plans that could reignite inflation, rising interest ...

Follow The Big Take DC podcast today. Trump says the president should be able to decide how to spend taxpayer money – not ...

Eleven out of 12 claims about the agency’s work are misleading, wrong or lack context.

But Trump’s starkest assault on democratic norms is his usurpation of Congress’s authority over spending. The separation of powers is a fundamental feature of our constitutional order ...