David Ditch On September 30, $810 million in appropriated fiscal year (FY) 2026 spending expired because of a Trump administration maneuver known as
Katherine Thompson President Trump wants Congress to deliver both a $1.5 trillion defense budget and emergency funding for the Iran war this year.
Marcos Falcone On October 4, Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro (2019–2023), won the first round of the presidential
Solveig Singleton Financial scams cost American consumers and businesses billions of dollars a year, so it’s good that Republican and Democratic legislators are
Norbert J. Michel The big news on September 30 was that the Fed’s Inspector General released its report on the Eccles building renovation
Stephen Richer For much of the past two years, the debate over noncitizen voting has started from one seemingly uncontroversial premise: federal law
Tad DeHaven and Chad Smitson Two more federal equity deals with private companies were announced in September. That brought the total figure in
Colleen Hroncich In most areas of life, when something isn’t working, we look for a better option. In K–12 education, though, children are
Jeffrey Miron The Trump Administration recently weakened the Endangered Species Act. A new paper suggests that, for advocates of increased housing development, these lessened
Jai Kedia Congress requires that the Federal Reserve submit a Monetary Policy Report semiannually. Along with the report, the Fed chair testifies on
