Budgets and Deficits

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after departing a House Republican conference meeting,

Finance and Economy

Will the GOP tax cut pay for itself?

May 21, 2025 5:00 am

House

Fiscal hawks face daunting test with Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’

Ramsey Touchberry, Rachel Schilke, Lauren Green -

May 20, 2025 6:00 am

A baby sleep on a father's chest for rest, childhood development, dreams, or safety.

In Focus

Paying parents to have babies

Timothy P. Carney -

May 17, 2025 2:00 pm

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) listens to a reporter's question as he outlines his proposed 2025 $322 billion state budget during a news conference at California State University, Stanislaus, in Turlock, California, Monday, Jan. 6, 2025.

Beltway Confidential

Newsom will burden Californians with his failures for years after he leaves office

Zachary Faria -

May 15, 2025 2:13 pm

President Donald Trump talks with Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) after arriving on Air Force One on Friday, Jan. 24, 2025, at Los Angeles International Airport.

State

Newsom to roll out revised budget that is at least $10 billion in the red

Barnini Chakraborty -

May 14, 2025 5:00 am

Gov. Tony Evers (D-WI) speaks during a campaign event, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024, in Flint, Michigan.

News

GOP leaders criticize Evers’s budget approach

Benjamin Yount | The Center Square contributor -

May 12, 2025 2:26 pm

The budget imagines an ever-increasing budget deficit over the next decade, and a rising national debt. (AP Photo/Bradley C Bower, file)

Op-Eds

A debt-financed tax bill risks fueling inflation and the national debt

Scott Hodge -

May 12, 2025 6:00 am

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent appears before the Senate Finance Committee for his confirmation hearing at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025.

Finance and Economy

Bessent predicts debt limit will be hit in August, asks Congress to increase or suspend ceiling

Brady Knox -

May 9, 2025 11:08 pm

The Fed's purchases of Treasury bonds and mortgage-backed securities in its latest round of so-called quantitative easing, begun in late 2012, will total $1.603 trillion. (iStock Photo)

Editorials

The fiscal irresponsibility of so-called ‘moderate’ Republicans

Washington Examiner -

May 9, 2025 12:00 am

The Nevada State Capitol is seen in Carson City, Nev., Monday, May 13, 2024. The use of electronic balloting has been quietly expanding in recent years to cover the disabled and, in Nevada this year, Native American tribes. Election security experts are warning of the risk that ballots submitted on a computer can be digitally intercepted or manipulated.

News

Nevada wrestles with $191 million 2025-27 budget shortfall

Liam Hibbert | The Center Square Contributor -

May 6, 2025 2:24 pm

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