A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.

In a recent exchange on social media, Elon Musk, who is heading the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), suggested the ...

Serious problems should be met with serious solutions. We have serious problems, namely a fast-growing debt and a need to extend some tax cuts in an ...

Five years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, many U.S. cities are still adjusting to a new normal, with more people ...

A bill that could repeal voter-approved Medicaid expansion narrowly cleared its first chamber of the Idaho Legislature. After an hour and a half of debate Wednesday, the Idaho House on a narrow 38-32 ...

It is true that improper payments have been made, including some to dead people. But how big of a problem is Social Security ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WLS) -- Gov. JB Pritzker has proposed growing spending by about $2 billion without new income or service ...

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick discusses the Trump administration's economic agenda after his recent confirmation on ...

In his budget and State of the State Address, Gov. J.B. Pritzker invoked the rise of Nazi German in criticizing the Trump ...

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The Senate is debating a fiscal blueprint that would pave the way for part of President Trump’s domestic policy agenda, while ...