Spending

The Treasury secretary said he had a call scheduled in which he needed to use a secure line. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

News

Steven Mnuchin defends use of military jet from New York to DC

Kimberly Leonard -

September 24, 2017 2:44 pm

Obamacare repeal and tax reform will take center stage next week in Congress. (iStock Photo)

Economy

Congress next week: Healthcare repeal on brink of failure while House tackles tax reform

Susan Ferrechio -

September 23, 2017 1:00 pm

Magazine

It’s the Corporate Tax Rate, Stupid

Tony Mecia -

September 22, 2017 7:15 am

Education

Betsy DeVos’ private plane trips come at ‘no expense to taxpayers’

Melissa Quinn -

September 21, 2017 6:07 pm

Many insurance plans that Ex-Im sells to small businesses are not so much about boosting U.S. exports as they are about inflating the agency's small business numbers, in hopes of warding off congressional critics. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Columnists

Almost half of Export-Import Bank’s small-business plans go totally unused

Timothy P. Carney -

September 19, 2017 10:58 pm

The federal government is gorging itself to death. Now is not the time to rip up the diet. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Beltway Confidential

The federal government is morbidly obese but Sen. Tom Cotton still wants to quit the diet

Philip Wegmann -

September 19, 2017 5:52 pm

Healthcare

Bill Cassidy battles Louisiana health official over Obamacare cuts

Robert King -

September 19, 2017 5:19 pm

President Trump, at the U.N., has made good on his promise to cut two regulations for every new one implemented. AP Photo.

Washington Secrets

Promise kept: Trump killed 2 old regs for every new 1, $645 million saved

Paul Bedard -

September 19, 2017 11:48 am

Wilson said the service "has to get larger to be ready" and is pursuing more airmen and modern aircraft such as the B-21 Raider heavy bomber by Northrop Grumman, KC-46 Pegasus tanker by Boeing, and the F-35A strike fighter by Lockheed Martin.

National Security

Heather Wilson: Air Force’s ‘greatest risk’ is lack of a budget

Travis J. Tritten -

September 18, 2017 4:31 pm

The Senate, however, is expected to run into problems taking on the giant spending bill. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Immigration

House sends $1.6 billion border wall request to the Senate … again

Pete Kasperowicz -

September 14, 2017 4:02 pm

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