Budgets and Deficits

This Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010 photo shows students eating lunch at Sharon Elementary School in Sharon, Vt. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

Education

School loses $170k in funding by opting out of federal lunch program

Emily Leayman -

June 4, 2015 7:11 pm

Chairman and President of the Export-Import Bank Fred Hochberg testifies on the Export-Import bank's reauthorization request, and the governments role in export financing, at a House Financial Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Wednesday. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Business

Fears over letting Ex-Im Bank’s charter die, even temporarily

Joseph Lawler -

June 4, 2015 9:00 am

The shadow of former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, is seen on a representation of the National Debt Clock as he speaks at a town hall meeting in Kalamazoo, Mich., Friday, Feb. 24, 2012. The official national debt now stands at $13.1 trillion. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Beltway Confidential

Study: True size of federal government debt is $210 trillion

Jason Russell -

June 3, 2015 8:26 pm

Solyndra, a solar energy technology company, visited by the President last year, has secured over a billion dollars in loans, March, 14, 2011 in Fremont, CA. (Photo by Bill O'Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Beltway Confidential

Export-Import Bank’s Solyndra subsidy reeks of politicized financing

Timothy P. Carney -

June 3, 2015 7:11 pm

Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., right, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2015. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Senators debate controversial war funding tactics

Tara Copp -

June 3, 2015 5:52 pm

Then-Drug Enforcement Administration Administrator Michelle Leonhart testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee's Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Subcommittee in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill March 12, 2015 in Washington. Leonhart was forced to resign amid the sex party scandal. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Politics

Sex parties cost DEA millions in funding cuts

Pete Kasperowicz -

June 3, 2015 1:38 pm

Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., bangs the gavel to start the committee's hearing to examine global challenges and US national security strategy, Wednesday on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Politics

Senate takes up controversial defense ‘slush fund’

Charles Hoskinson -

June 3, 2015 4:01 am

Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan, speaks during a news conference urging Congressional Republicans to support sequestration relief in the upcoming budget, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, March 12, 2015. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Energy and Environment

White House slams Senate spending bill over clean energy funding

Zack Colman -

June 2, 2015 8:38 pm

Editorial cartoons

Editorial cartoon: Headless FIFA

Washington Examiner -

June 2, 2015 8:00 pm

A U.S. military AH-64 Apache attack helicopter flies above a road outside Ploiesti, Romania, Wednesday, May 13, 2015. The defense bill includes money to procure Apaches. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

National Security

White House cites ‘budget gimmicks’ as committee OKs defense bill

Charles Hoskinson -

June 2, 2015 7:34 pm

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