Economists define efficiency as maximizing an outcome per dollar, or resource spent. Given budget constraints, ...

Gov. Newsom's administration is working to figure out just how hard President Trump's tariffs and the retaliation against them could financially hit California.

After a long wait, the Senate is launching action on President Donald Trump’s ”“big, beautiful bill” of tax breaks and ...

Humanities Montana received notice Wednesday from the National Endowment for the Humanities that its $1 million general ...

Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley and Washington Democrat Maria Cantwell, both members of the Senate Finance Committee, are ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced plans to cut $580 million in “wasteful spending” at the Pentagon, but the major ...

Congress should be able to increase deficits if it wants to—but it should do so with honest, transparent, and consistent ...

Los Angeles' leaders got plenty of warnings they've been overspending. Now they're using the January fires to ask the state for a bailout.

The Israeli leader bought himself a form of insurance for up to 18 months as he navigates a constellation of conflicts at ...

A victory budget "This is a war budget and, with God's help, it will also be a victory budget," said Finance Minister Bezalel ...

Three goals are being pursued with Germany’s massive rearmament offensive: Breaking free from military dependence on the US, ...

for an enormous boost to the country's military budget, signaling a dramatic transformation in its post-World War II defense ...