Democrats have to overcome at least three major obstacles as they attempt to realign and readjust following President-elect Trump's victory over Vice President Kamala Harris.

Since at least the administration of Theodore Roosevelt, presidents have been appointing commissions to reform the government. Most have come up short.

Biden administration officials are working against the clock doling out billions in grants and taking other steps to try to ...

A Republican sweep in the U.S. elections puts rating agency Morningstar DBRS “more on alert” regarding the country’s fiscal ...

President Ronald Reagan created the efficiency-minded Grace Commission in 1982, promising that it would “drain the swamp.” ...

Donald Trump won the election. The House and Senate are in Republican hands. That means the GOP now owns the debt and its ...

The Federal Government ran a $1.8T budget deficit for the fiscal year, with a $560B deficit in the last quarter alone.

In the runup to Election Day, Donald Trump had kind words for Washington state. “I have so many friends in the great state of ...

Trump plans to nominate Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio as secretary of State. Unlikely to face much resistance from his ...

James Madison called public debt “a public curse.” We're currently cursed to the tune of $35.9 trillion and counting. Who's ...

The United States was debt-free only once, during the presidency of Andrew Jackson, and the debt has increased ever since.

In his second term as president, an emphasis on protecting US industries, pushing regressive tariff hikes, tax cuts for the rich and transactional trade policies are on the cards.