Austerity sounds like it should be about governments cutting costs and spending less. But it’s more about who controls ever-expanding public spending – and who doesn’t.

Congress is struggling to complete action on President Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” known as the fiscal 2025 ...

The Trump administration is pushing to reshape the federal housing safety net by slashing spending and shifting the burden of ...

The Senate Appropriations Committee will hold a hearing next Wednesday, June 25, at 2:30 pm ET on H.R. 4, the Rescissions Act ...

Republicans in the Arizona Senate and House agree on a number of spending priorities, but their budget proposals remain far apart.

The upcoming fiscal year’s proposed military construction and housing budget is large, representing a $1.4 billion increase ...

House Republicans, who created their own separate state budget proposal, introduced their bills three days before voting on ...

"Let me be clear, MILCON in a reconciliation bill is not MILCON appropriations. It's a slush fund," Sen. Jon Ossoff said.

Two years ago, state lawmakers allocated $500 million to a group that helps academic researchers turn their work into ...

As lawmakers scramble to assemble the 12 appropriations bills providing money for federal agencies to spend on programs each ...

The Budget Reform Act of 2025, introduced Tuesday by U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., would change the appropriations schedule from annually to every two years and establish strict, penalty-carrying ...