Rep. Brendan Boyle urges the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office to detail the price of the war 'under several scenarios.

The US military is best served by steady and consistent growth in defense spending rather than sugar-high splurges.

Trump's order allows "Department of War" as a secondary title, but legally it remains the Department of Defense unless ...

Less tariff revenue means that the federal government needs to borrow more, so outlays for interest will be $0.4 trillion ...

Most of the costs are not budgeted for, meaning the Pentagon will need to request more funding soon, researchers say.

Democratic candidates in the Illinois 7th Congressional race answered questions raised by grassroots and community-based ...

The escalating conflict in Iran has thrust foundational legal questions about the president's war powers into the spotlight.

Operation Epic Fury costs nearly $900 million per day, driven by the large expenditure of munitions. Because most of this is ...

Lawmakers introduced a bill to require greater transparency on the national debt and GDP. Reps. Lloyd Smucker, R-Penn., and ...

Currency markets rarely send clear signals during geopolitical crises, but the latest dollar surge arrived at a moment when ...

Democrats want to roll back controversial changes to the food stamp program enacted in the 2025 reconciliation law.

In his address to a joint session of Congress in March 2025, President Donald Trump set a bold goal for the U.S. government.