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

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

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

Donald Trump becoming the 47th president of the United States is going to have a big impact on the economy - and your ...

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

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.

The disappointment, the head-slapping, the wringing of hands and gnashing of teeth — such are the predictable reactions among pundits, prognosticators and political strategists when the guy who surely ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Local former federal prosecutors, including some appointed by Republicans, were openly stunned this week by ...

Open enrollment for Medicare, state tax ballot outcomes, signing a tax return, filing season statistics, Social Security and ...

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

The deficit ... President has done enormous damage to the United States,” says ­Nicholas Burns, a former U.S. ambassador to NATO and top State Department official under George W. Bush. Trump ...

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