Deficit

Chicago October 12

Chicago spent $80K to renovate office for first lady Johnson as city faces billion dollar budget shortfall

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is facing scrutiny after the city spent $80,000 to renovate an office for first lady Stacie Johnson while facing a nearly billion-dollar budget shortfall.

OPINION February 5

US government is ‘helping’ high-tech manufacturing to death

The US government hinders high-tech manufacturing instead of providing a true helping hand. Monetary policy, tariffs and deficit all contribute to the problems facing firms.

Arizona January 8

Arizona confronts $1 billion deficit as state Legislature opens for 2024

AZ's tax revenue has dropped by hundreds of millions of dollars while a school voucher program is poised to exceed estimated costs by hundreds of millions more

White House January 3

WATCH: Biden admin shifts blame as national debt reaches historic high of $34 trillion

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre attempted to blame Republicans for the record high national debt despite President Biden having been in office for nearly three years.

Fox News Poll December 17

Fox News Poll: Voters divided over what US should do in foreign conflicts

A new Fox News survey finds voters divided over what role the U.S. should play related to wars in Israel and Ukraine.

OPINION November 8, 2023

Big government is the casino where pols gamble with your money – and you're losing

The U.S. government spends more than $6 trillion per year (it spent just under $4 trillion in 2017) and only has so many choices to finance its spending. That will come from you.

OPINION October 10, 2023

Yellen and rest of Bidenomics team ignore middle-class misery their policies create

as Federal Reserve chair and now as secretary of the Treasury, Janet Yellen has been woefully disconnected from everyday Americans and their current financial plight.

Joe Biden July 6, 2023

Biden repeats 'misleading' claim he cut America's budget deficit by $1.7 trillion: 'Bottomless Pinocchios'

President Biden repeated his "highly misleading" claim that he reduced the federal budget deficit by $1.7 trillion since taking office.

Congress May 30, 2023

Where do moderate Democrats, Republicans stand on the debt ceiling deal as pivotal votes loom?

Moderate members of Congress may play an outsized roll in whether the debt ceiling agreement reached between President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will become law.

Joe Biden May 29, 2023

Biden brushes off Republicans' defense spending concerns over debt ceiling deal, suggests deal could be made

President Biden responded to GOP criticism over the defense spending included in the bipartisan debt limit deal, telling reporters he had "no doubt" they could increase it if needed.