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 ...

The planned amendments focus on areas such as heightened wildfire risk, climate change, and improving tribal inclusion. Due ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

If Americans can avoid violence and d estruction between now and Donald Trump’s inauguration Jan. 20, it will be the first time that has happened after a change in the White House since the transition ...