Federal Deficit Grows as Mandatory Spending, Interest Costs Rise
The federal government continues to spend more than it collects, as rising costs for major benefit programs and interest on the national debt put increasing...
The federal government continues to spend more than it collects, as rising costs for major benefit programs and interest on the national debt put increasing...
CHC BOLD PAC has reported spending more than $2 million this cycle to support four Democratic House candidates and oppose two Republicans, with its largest...
Only seven of the 22 civilian Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Act agencies reviewed had fully addressed all three of the Office of Management and Budget's...
The Senate this week rejected an effort to require the State Department to report on Israel's human rights practices and the killings of American citizens...
Gaps in coordination, training, information sharing, and legal authority remain in the U.S. Coast Guard's marine firefighting efforts, according to a recent...
An LDA filing summary shows Project for Election Infrastructure ended its lobbying engagement with Audax Strategies LLC effective Aug. 31, and the...
The oversight hearing held yesterday over former Special Counsel Jack Smith's prosecutions of President Trump produced tension over whether Smith abused...
The disclosure covers a period when VA funding, staffing, and benefit structures were under simultaneous pressure. A 42-day lapse in VA appropriations ran...
A new Justice Department memorandum and other developments have left the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI)...
The administration's fiscal 2027 budget request proposes eliminating funding for a range of international conservation programs and does not specify funding...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has broad authority under the Clean Water Act (CWA) to regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in...
The Senate Armed Services Committee's Subcommittee on Strategic Forces held a Sept. 29 hearing to review an update on the Trump administration's Golden Dome...
People with disabilities are being approved for federal disaster assistance at a lower rate than survivors without disabilities, according to a new audit of...
Federal banking regulators have cycled through permitting, restricting, and again permitting crypto activities as presidential administrations have changed...
Congress and the public cannot be assured that sensitive government data was properly protected when Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) teams...
More than four in 10 recommendations the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) has directed at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence...
Hundreds of billions of dollars in federal awards are vulnerable to fraud schemes that exploit the near-total absence of beneficial ownership disclosure...
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) terminated approximately 6,780 of 7,510 foreign assistance awards between January 2025 and March 2026,...
Pureline, an Illinois-based chemical manufacturer, filed a lobbying registration on Sept. 26 and engaged Foxhound Advisors LLC. No prior federal lobbying...
National Grid USA Service Co. Inc. is lobbying on Energy/Nuclear issues through a new lobbying registration with Invariant LLC. National Grid has reported...
The House overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan water infrastructure bill that would authorize and modify Army Corps projects nationwide, including...
The South China Sea Strategy Act would require the State Department to develop a formal U.S. diplomatic strategy for the South China Sea as Washington seeks...
Tax relief for small firms, production incentives for domestic manufacturers, and take-home pay for working families will be in focus as lawmakers assess...