Budget Battles
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Trump Ratchets Up His Tariff Threats
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Trump Picks Project 2025 Architect to Oversee Budget
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Trump Taps Hedge Fund Mogul for Treasury Secretary
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Trump Picks a New Attorney General Nominee After Gaetz Withdraws
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Musk and Ramaswamy Outline Plan to Slash Federal Workforce
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Trump Picks TV’s Dr. Oz to Run Medicare and Medicaid
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Johnson Signals Plan for Looming Shutdown Deadline
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A New Tidal Wave of Money Could Decide Senate Races
By Eric Pianin and Brianna EhleyJust when it seemed there was no limit to what the Koch brothers and others could spend this year through super PACS to influence the outcome of the Senate campaign, the Supreme Court may rule any...
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Is a Cruise Ship Deal Worth the Risk?
By Mitch Lipka, ReutersWith news of two big ships cutting short their journeys last week because so many passengers got sick, the idea of booking a vacation on a cruise ship might be looking risky. But the thought of...
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Cynical Americans Aren’t Banking on a Budget Deal
By Eric PianinAmericans could get an early Christmas gift in the form of a budget deal from Congress that would cancel a second round of across-the-board sequester cuts and avoid the risk of another government...
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6 Ways Obamacare Is Changing Mental Health Coverage
The passage of Obamacare has made coverage of mental health and drug treatment one of the “10 essential health benefits” that all insurers must offer. Insurers, patient advocates and state regulators...
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CBO’s Elmendorf Downplays Need for Big Budget Deal
By Eric PianinCongressional Budget Office director Doug Elmendorf on Wednesday offered advice to lawmakers trying to negotiate a budget deal to avoid another government shutdown early next year: “Big steps are...
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6 Ways to Raise Money-Smart Kids
By Kentin Waits, Money Talks NewsIn a world filled with financial pitfalls, working to create positive and empowering associations with money early can help set children up for a lifetime of better choices, less stress, and more...
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Three Budget Games at the $3.6 Trillion Table
By Josh Boak, The Fiscal TimesFederal spending should exceed $3.6 trillion next year—and Democrats and Repu blicans are ready for a budget fight that will likely go down to the penny. Congress is returning after having voted last...
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5 Facts You Should Know about the National Debt
By Drew DeSilver, Pew Research CenterWith the Republican-led House engaged in a stare-down with Senate Democrats and President Obama over raising the federal debt limit , it seems an opportune time to dig into the actual numbers...
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The Senate Tries to Break the Shutdown Stalemate
By Eric PianinWith House Republicans seemingly spinning their wheels on ideas for ending the government shutdown and avoiding a first-ever default, Senate Democrats and a few Republicans declared on Tuesday that...
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Debt-Ceiling Danger Zone Threatens U.S.
By Eric PianinTake a deep breath: The latest doomsday scenarios for what might happen if Congress fails to raise the debt ceiling later this fall are now out. Sometime between Oct.18 and Nov. 15, the Treasury will...
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The Real '99 Percent'—A Silent, Fed-Up Majority
By Liz PeekPresident Obama and the Democrats in Congress have manufactured a battleground – us versus them – the one percent who are wealthy versus the ninety-nine percent who are not. Obama has stoked anger at...
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Goldwater’s Disastrous Prophecy Has Come True
By Jennifer Depaul, The Fiscal TimesConservatives hailed the failure of the Super Committee to reach agreement on a long-term deficit reduction plan and credited GOP solidarity in refusing to go along with any tax increases.
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Super Failure: Deficit Success Is an Election Away
By Michelle Hirsch, The Fiscal TimesThe failure of the super committee to agree on $1.2 trillion worth of deficit reduction is neither shocking nor catastrophic for the future of the U.S. economy, a number of liberal budget experts...
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SuperCom’s Most Dangerous Legacy: Uncertainty
As the realization sets in that the Super Committee has been a super failure, businesses and investors are once again facing heightened political and budgetary uncertainty – and on Wall Street,...
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Where’s the Super Committee for Job Creation?
By Mark ThomaThe bipartisan Super Committee trying to forge a politically acceptable path for deficit reduction ended in a super fail, and one of the big reasons appears to be disagreement over the extension of...