Budgets and Deficits

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Congress used government funding bill to ‘erase’ $3.4 trillion in deficits

Center Square -

November 15, 2025 3:20 pm

FILE - President Donald J. Trump's name is printed on a stimulus check issued by the IRS to help combat the adverse economic effects of the COVID-19 outbreak in this April 23, 2020 photo taken in San Antonio.

Finance and Economy

Downside of $2,000 tariff dividend checks: Inflation

Zach Halaschak -

November 12, 2025 7:00 am

Finance and Economy

California leads in debt among all 50 states: Report

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October 25, 2025 3:12 pm

Northeast state governments carry higher taxpayer debts

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October 25, 2025 2:57 pm

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and other Republican Senate members speak with reporters after a meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House on Oct. 21. (Alex Brandon/AP)

Magazine

Trump in no rush to end shutdown impasse

Jay Caruso -

October 24, 2025 5:20 am

Congressional

The shutdown party: How Democrats learned to stop worrying and love the fight against Trump

W. James Antle III -

October 24, 2025 4:15 am

Outside the Brooklyn home of Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), protesters accuse him of inaction, Feb. 8, 2025. (Rhododendrites)

Finance and Economy

Shutdown history: Spending standoffs show the need for new budgetary thinking

Tevi Troy -

October 24, 2025 3:50 am

An employee shows U.S. dollar banknotes at a money changer.

Editorials

Against Trump’s tariff revenue slush fund

Washington Examiner -

October 23, 2025 5:00 am

Representative Thomas Massie, a Republican from Kentucky, wears a digital pin with the US national debt.

National debt crosses $38 trillion for first time in history

Zach Halaschak -

October 22, 2025 4:28 pm

The American flag flies atop the Capitol Building, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington

Finance and Economy

Government shutdown will add to the federal debt

Zach Halaschak -

October 22, 2025 7:00 am

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Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Congress used government funding bill to ‘erase’ $3.4 trillion in deficits

Downside of $2,000 tariff dividend checks: Inflation

California leads in debt among all 50 states: Report

Northeast state governments carry higher taxpayer debts

Trump in no rush to end shutdown impasse

The shutdown party: How Democrats learned to stop worrying and love the fight against Trump

Shutdown history: Spending standoffs show the need for new budgetary thinking

Against Trump’s tariff revenue slush fund

National debt crosses $38 trillion for first time in history

Government shutdown will add to the federal debt

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