Tag: Budgets and Deficits

DC reports homelessness increase year after record-low numbers

Eden Villalovas · May 13, 2023 8:00 am

FILE - In this June 14, 2018, file photo, the FBI seal is seen before a news conference at FBI headquarters in Washington. The FBI is grappling with a seemingly endless cycle of money laundering schemes that law enforcement officials say theyâre scrambling to slow through a combination of prosecution and public awareness. Beyond the run-of-the-mill plots, officials say, is a particularly concerning trend involving âmoney mules.â These are people who, unwittingly or not, use their own bank accounts to move money for criminals for purposes they think are legitimate or even noble.

WATCH LIVE: FBI Director Christopher Wray to testify in front of Senate Appropriations Committee

Eden Villalovas · May 10, 2023 5:30 pm

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) speak to reporters after meeting with President Joe Biden and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-NY) and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) at the White House on Tuesday, May 9, 2023 in Washington, DC.

What to know about debt ceiling battle following White House meeting

Brady Knox · May 10, 2023 10:30 am

The United States Capitol building, east facade, at dawn is seen in this general view , Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, in Washington, DC. A new financial audit finds that the city is awash with people earning six-figure incomes.

How the dominoes will fall if the worst happens with the debt ceiling

Zach Halaschak · May 9, 2023 9:30 am

President Joe Biden talks with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) in Washington, March 17, 2023. There are stark differences in how President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy want to shore up the government's finances.

Beltway Confidential

Biden and Schumer need to stop demagoguing and take debt, spending talks seriously

David Ditch · May 4, 2023 2:49 pm

The U.S. Treasury Department building at dusk, Thursday, June 6, 2019, in Washington.

Key federal budget metric hits worst mark in a generation

Joseph Lawler · April 27, 2023 3:25 pm

McCarthy debt ceiling plan would reduce deficit by $4.8 trillion over next decade, CBO says

Cami Mondeaux · April 25, 2023 9:04 pm

Massachusetts Democrats divided over transportation and education budgets

Misty Severi · April 24, 2023 7:00 am

Reporter's Notebook

Reporter’s Notebook: McCarthy offers debt limit increase in exchange for budget cuts

Washington Examiner Staff · April 23, 2023 9:00 pm

House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, Oct. 18, 2019.

The Debrief with David Mark: Where the debt ceiling battle now stands

Washington Examiner Staff · April 22, 2023 4:00 pm

Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson answers questions from the media outside the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Wednesday, April 19, 2023, after addressing a joint session of the Illinois General Assembly. Johnson, 47, who will be inaugurated May 15, promised collaboration with the Legislature and attempted to dispel the often-contentious relationship between the nation's third-largest city and the rest of the state, saying, "There's more than enough for everybody in the state of Illinois." Behind Johnson are House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch, D-Hillside, left and Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park.

What is Chicago Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson inheriting from Lori Lightfoot?

Rachel Schilke · April 21, 2023 1:39 pm

Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).

Four House GOP members who may not back McCarthy debt proposal

Rachel Schilke · April 20, 2023 8:36 pm