U.S. federal budgeting has two major categories of spending. The one subject to the most scrutiny is “discretionary” spending, which is the basis of the annual appropriations process. This includes ...

This technical note explains how we adjust the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ten-year budget baseline issued in January 2025 to create our CBPP baseline, which we use in our analyses of ...

On that last front, he made some news, saying he wants his party to not vote to raise the nation’s debt limit unless they extract some policy wins in exchange. "It would be political malpractice for ...

The rate of total borrowers in Acadiana with several delinquent credit card debt reached 14.7% at the end of 2023.

Lenders have let borrowers pay interest with more debt to conserve cash. Like any financial maneuver, the short-term solution can’t weather a prolonged high-interest environment.

House Speaker Mike Johnson said he'd be willing to negotiate with Democrats to raise the debt ceiling, something President ...

By Yue Stella Yu, CalMatters As swaths of Southern California burn, the state’s Republican members of Congress find themselves facing a dilemma. Blaming the fires on California’s liberal policies, ...

Credit card issuers are required to include a “minimum payment warning” in compliance with amendments to the Truth in Lending ...

Speaking to the three top House Republican leaders over the past three days at the House GOP retreat here in Doral, Fla., ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson said he'd be willing to negotiate with Democrats to raise the debt ceiling, something President Trump has said he wants to get rid of entirely.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) in a Tuesday interview with The Hill’s Emily Brooks floated the possibility of working with ...

Dave Ramsey is well-known for his advice on debt payoff. The financial guru encourages people to complete a series of baby ...