Budgets and Deficits

Directed-energy weapons being developed for the U.S. military by Boeing include this vehicle, which includes a laser mounted on top of a tactical truck. (Photo: Boeing)

Columnists

Obama’s spending cuts put a squeeze on developing new military technology

Jed Babbin -

August 6, 2014 9:00 pm

Vice President Joe Biden speaks on voting rights at the NAACP annual convention in Las Vegas earlier this month. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Infrastructure

Joe Biden is mad Congress won’t pass something Obama opposes

Brian Hughes -

August 6, 2014 8:57 pm

Business

Toyota pledges $1M toward Detroit bankruptcy deal

Washington Examiner -

August 6, 2014 1:38 pm

Energy and Environment

Money allocated for fighting fires to run out

Kevin Freking -

August 5, 2014 8:13 pm

Business

Poll: Americans diverge on how to pay for highways

JOAN LOWYJENNIFER AGIESTA -

August 5, 2014 6:06 pm

Vehicles move along a section of Interstate 70 in Foristell, Mo. Missouri voters will decide on Aug. 5 whether to allow the state's first general sales tax for transportation projects, such as the proposed widening of I-70 to three lanes from St. Louis to Kansas City. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Transportation tax tops Missouri primary ballot

David Lieb -

August 5, 2014 1:40 pm

The federal government has granted a three-year renewal of Florida's Medicaid managed care program. (iStock Image)

Healthcare

Feds grant Florida 3-year Medicaid renewal

Associated Press -

August 5, 2014 1:36 pm

The North Carolina House and Senate spent weeks this summer unable to agree on a state budget. Now their inability to agree on how to adjourn could leave this year's session in more confusion.

North Carolina legislature in limbo without adjournment plan

Associated Press -

August 5, 2014 1:34 pm

As former Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Holtz-Eakin points out, it's not just Medicare that Medicare is taking down, it's the federal budget. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Newsflash! Medicare is still going bankrupt, and taking Uncle Sam with it

Mark Tapscott -

August 5, 2014 12:43 pm

A meeting Monday of top Republican legislative leaders and Gov. Tom Corbett produced little progress toward freeing a stalled tax bill that Philadelphia officials say is critical to opening the city's schools on time. (AP Photo/Bradley C Bower)

Education

Meeting doesn’t solve Philly school funding crisis

Peter Jackson -

August 4, 2014 10:14 pm

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