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Johnson Floats Short-Term Spending Bill to Avert Partial Shutdown

The Republican speaker, who has come under bipartisan pressure to strike a deal that his far-right members are resisting, is weighing a temporary funding...

ICE Considers Slashing Detention Capacity Because of Budget Shortfall

The agency has circulated a money-saving proposal after Republicans in Congress blocked a bill that would have provided billions in funding.

I.R.S. Commissioner Aims to Show Progress Amid Threats of Budget Cuts

Daniel Werfel will try to persuade skeptical Republicans on Thursday that funding the tax agency is a good investment.

Neither Trumpism Nor Bidenomics Has an Answer to Inflation

A post-neoliberal agenda, tilted left or right, has no answer whatsoever to inflation.

To Save Museums, Fund Them Like Highways

Midsize cultural venues are teetering on the brink. To save them, we need to fund them like other forms of essential infrastructure.

Why the Cost of Biden’s Climate Law Keeps Going Up

Forecasters say the president’s clean-energy incentives will be more effective than they had originally expected, in part because of new federal regulations.

U.S. Debt on Pace to Top $54 Trillion Over Next 10 Years

Congressional Budget Office projections released on Wednesday said a growing economy and recent spending cuts had slowed deficits.

Haley’s Policy Pitch Recalls a Bygone Era Before Trump’s Rise

Nikki Haley’s calls for muscular international engagement and cuts to future Social Security benefits have elicited withering attacks from Donald J. Trump. They used...

Biden Signs Stopgap Spending Bill, Averting Partial Shutdown

The legislation will fund agencies until early March as Congress continues to negotiate funding for the government through the fall.

What’s in the New Tax Deal?

Budget watchdogs warn that temporary changes to the tax code that are being debated on Capitol Hill will lead to more deficits in the...

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