Tag: Budgets and Deficits

Here’s why mass deportation isn’t a financially viable option

Beltway Confidential

Here’s why mass deportation isn’t a financially viable option

Jason Russell · March 10, 2015 6:15 pm

A U.S. Air Force stealth bomber lands at a Royal Air Force in Swindon, England last year. A buzzard hit this plane as it was landing. (Rex Features via AP Images)

National Security

How much will the next stealth bomber really cost?

Tara Copp · March 10, 2015 9:00 am

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Obamacare to cost less than previously thought due to lower enrollments

Robert King · March 9, 2015 4:05 pm

Budget office blames student loans for slightly higher deficit in 2015

Budget office blames student loans for slightly higher deficit in 2015

Joseph Lawler · March 9, 2015 4:02 pm

The Pentagon building is seen in this aerial photo. (U.S. Air Force/Getty Images)

Pentagon’s civilian job cuts don’t always stick

Tara Copp · March 9, 2015 9:00 am

High federal debt is here to stay

High federal debt is here to stay

Joseph Lawler · March 9, 2015 9:00 am

U.S. Airforce ground maintainence crewmen check over the engines of an A10 Thunderbolt 'Warthog' after it had returned from a mission April 2, 2003, at an air base near the Iraqi border. (Photo by Ian Waldie/Getty Images)

National Security

As it sunsets the A-10, Air Force works to retain its capabilities

Tara Copp · March 8, 2015 9:00 am

The facts "have proven them wrong," Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said of Obama administration critics following Friday's strong jobs report. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Jack Lew officially asks for a debt ceiling increase

Joseph Lawler · March 6, 2015 3:41 pm

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., right, accompanied by Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, outline their ideas for a new tax plan during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 4, 2015. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Can Republicans reclaim the political high ground on taxes?

David M. Drucker · March 6, 2015 10:00 am

A pair of A-10 Thunderbolts fly by during a U.S. Air Force firepower demonstration at the Nevada Test and Training Range September 14, 2007 near Indian Springs, Nevada. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

National Security

Defense secretary to review A-10 retirement decision

Tara Copp · March 6, 2015 10:00 am

Has Boehner taken a left turn?

Has Boehner taken a left turn?

Susan Ferrechio · March 5, 2015 10:00 am

Defense Secretary Ash Carter, left, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 3, 2015, before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing to review the defense authorization request for fiscal 2016 and the future years defense program. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

National Security

Defense secretary warned to prepare for spending caps

Tara Copp · March 4, 2015 11:29 pm