Budget expert Eugene Steuerle explains how Republicans’ tax cuts and Democrats’ consumption-heavy spending have drained ...
Rural communities have been overlooked — or actively harmed — by federal policy. The Rural Policy Action Report shows a ...
A bipartisan bill to make daylight saving time permanent, ending the biannual changing of the clocks, failed to reach a consensus Tuesday. Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., opposed the legislation, noting the ...
Opinion

What Ever Happened to Congress?

Long the most critical branch of the federal government, Congress has ceded much of its own institutional power. Here's how it happened.
Federal rules and regulations cost the U.S. economy more than $3 trillion each year and dictate nearly every aspect of Americans’ lives — from the food they can eat to the types of cars they can drive ...
In less than two months, President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth say the U.S. military has killed at least 37 people in strikes against drug-smuggling vessels off the coast of South ...
A former member of Congress and current bank chairman calls on lawmakers to pass several reforms that would allow banks to ...
President Donald Trump has justified the attacks as a necessary escalation to stem the flow of drugs into the United States.