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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...