Tag: Federal Spending

Freshly cut stacks of $100 bills make their way down the line at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing Western Currency.

Don’t reverse progress on deficits with new spending

Washington Examiner · December 15, 2025 5:00 am

Gene L. Dodaro, US comptroller general at the Government Accountability Office (GAO) during a Senate Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch hearing in Washington, DC on April 29. (Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Senate and Trump on a collision course over the leadership of the GAO

Kevin R. Kosar · November 14, 2025 5:13 am

New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani an event at the SOMOS Puerto Rico conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico,

Joe Concha says Zohran Mamdani is motivated by ‘free money from the government’

Jenny Goldsberry · November 13, 2025 10:23 am

A collage Sens. Time Kaine (D-VA) and Dick Durbin (D-IL).

Democratic senators stand by vote to end shutdown

Jenny Goldsberry · November 10, 2025 2:09 pm

Virginia Democratic gubernatorial candidate, former Rep. Abigail Spanberger celebrates with her family as she takes the stage during her election night rally.

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Federal workers of the world, unite

Timothy P. Carney · November 7, 2025 5:16 am

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) speaks to reporters outside of his office in the Capitol.

Thune eyes longer stopgap funding bill as shutdown drags on

Ramsey Touchberry · November 3, 2025 5:32 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)

Trump in no rush to end shutdown impasse

Jay Caruso · October 24, 2025 5:20 am

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

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.

Against Trump’s tariff revenue slush fund

Washington Examiner · October 23, 2025 5:00 am

A farmer during a soybean harvest at a farm outside St. Peter, Minnesota, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. US President Donald Trump said he would confront Chinese President Xi Jinping over Beijing's refusal to purchase American soybeans, a growing area of tension between the world's two largest economies. Photographer: Ben Brewer/Bloomberg via Getty Images

No tariff bailouts

Washington Examiner · October 6, 2025 5:00 am

A collage of Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY).

Federal government enters shutdown after Congress lets funding expire

Ramsey Touchberry · October 1, 2025 12:01 am

The U.S. Capitol in Washington.

Federal agencies release government shutdown closure plans: What to know

Samantha-Jo Roth · September 30, 2025 6:24 pm