The drop-dead date for Congress to suspend or raise the debt limit and prevent the government from defaulting on its borrowing obligations will "probably" fall in August or September, the Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday.
Republicans accused publicly funded media outlets NPR and PBS of being "communist" and peddling anti-conservative reports, saying so in a hearing dedicated to why they should still receive taxpayer dollars.
Democrats are saying the quiet part out loud -- if their candidate wins the Wisconsin Supreme Court race next week, it will bolster their chances of forcing the state to adopt new congressional maps and weaken the GOP's hand in the U.S. House.
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said Wednesday it was a "mistake" for national security officials to discuss sensitive military plans on a group text chain that also included a journalist - a leak that has roiled President Donald Trump's national security leadership.
Until recently, Planned Parenthood has received the largest share of its income from government funding. Though the organization would argue otherwise, cutting even half of Planned Parenthood’s taxpayer-funded income would leave it operable. One step in doing so comes as the Wall Street Journal reports that the Trump administration will freeze Department of Health and […]
“Imagine boarding a train in the middle of a city,” former President Barack Obama rhapsodized in April 2009. “No racing to an airport and across a terminal, no delays, no sitting on the tarmac, no lost luggage, no taking off your shoes. Imagine whisking through towns at speeds over a hundred miles an hour, walking […]
The Pentagon and intelligence community have continued to reel over the Trump administration‘s leak of deliberations, plans, and strike details pertaining to recent U.S. military action against the Yemen-based Houthi organization. The leak occurred when the Atlantic’s editor-in-chief, Jeffrey Goldberg, was accidentally included in a chat thread on the Signal messaging app. The thread involved […]
Wisconsin will hold an election for the state Supreme Court on April 1 that could influence the balance of power in the House of Representatives. Liberal Justice Ann Walsh Bradley is retiring from the court, which currently has a 4-3 liberal majority. Liberal Dane County Circuit Judge Susan Crawford will face conservative Waukesha County Judge […]
The debate over impoundment, the president’s refusal to spend money appropriated by Congress, has become prominent in our political discourse. Critics call it a dangerous power grab, while supporters hail it as a necessary tool for fiscal discipline. One thing is certain: Impoundment isn’t new. Previous U.S. presidents exercised impoundment as a matter of course. Franklin D. […]