Many older Americans pay close attention to the big federal entitlement programs that provide them with benefits. But a group of college students in Iowa urges younger people to also focus attention on these programs – and on how politicians…
With only 1 percent of the federal budget, foreign aid makes up a much smaller part of the country’s fiscal problems than many people believe, according to Rebecca Williams of the Henry L. Stimson Center.In a guest blog posting for…
Later today House Republicans plan to vote down an initial request from the administration to approve an increase in the federal debt limit without spending reductions. The vote will be largely symbolic, coming after several weeks of negotiations between the…
Negotiations to raise the federal debt limit are resuming today between the administration and lawmakers as partisan bickering over the budget continues and newly released projections have underscored worries about Medicare's finances.The government hit its debt ceiling a week ago…
