Tag: Fiscal Policy

Finance and economy trump trade tariffs debt and deficit CBO

The federal government booked a $1.8 trillion deficit last year

Kevin R. Kosar · January 30, 2026 5:32 am

(Dean MacAdam for the Washington Examiner) We are all Nixonians now feature

We are all Nixonians now: What Trump really has in common with the 37th president

Jay Caruso · January 30, 2026 5:09 am

A newly printed U.S. dollar bill is shown at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing's Western Currency Facility in Fort Worth, Texas, on Dec. 8, 2022. Across the developing world, many countries are fed up with America's dominance of the global financial system — and especially the power of the dollar.

Dollar falls to multimonth lows on uncertainty over tariffs, the Fed, and shutdown threat

Zach Halaschak · January 27, 2026 7:00 am

(Illustration by Thomas Fluharty for the Washington Examiner) Prices inflation economy 2026

It’s the prices, stupid: The big challenge that lies ahead for Trump and the GOP

Jeremy Lott · January 2, 2026 5:50 am

The Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Finance and Economy

Nearly 100 Minnesota mayors sound alarm about state’s fiscal policies

Ross O'Keefe · December 23, 2025 11:45 am

A masked anti-Immigration protester at a march near the Irish Parliament, Sept. 19, 2024. (Paul Faith/AFP/Getty )

Unraveling Ireland: High rates of immigration upend free speech and fiscal health

Dominic Green · December 19, 2025 4:50 am

President Donald Trump delivered an end-of-year address to the nation Wednesday night, the vast majority of which saw him attack his predecessor, former President Joe Biden, as the White House scrambles to find an economic inroad with voters ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. (Doug Mills/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Trump’s economic campaign

Byron York · December 18, 2025 4:07 pm

Volunteers carry donated items towards a group of undocumented migrants looking for work as day laborers alongside a hardware store on in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

San Diego city overtime increased 65% 2019-2024 despite a $89M deficit

Center Square · December 17, 2025 1:17 pm

Universal Income Basic (Illustration by Barbara Kyttle/Washington Examiner)

A new book asks, ‘Does universal basic income actually work?’

Robert VerBruggen · December 5, 2025 4:20 am

The North Carolina Legislative Building in Raleigh, N.C., is seen, Wednesday, June 5, 2024. The state's General Assembly is made up of the North Carolina House of Representatives and the North Carolina Senate.

Incentives missing in quest for state budget

Center Square · November 16, 2025 12:31 pm

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

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After decades of red ink, a fresh push for a balanced budget amendment emerges

Kevin R. Kosar · October 17, 2025 5:50 am