Spending

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis was showered with praise and adulation at all four Capitol Hill hearings he visited this week. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

National Security

Kay Granger to Jim Mattis: Use your popularity to end spending caps

Jamie McIntyre -

June 15, 2017 5:47 pm

The new report indicates $1.2 trillion in improper payments have been made since 2003. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

News

Federal government wasted $136 billion in 2015

Melissa Quinn -

June 13, 2017 4:24 pm

A government shutdown could be justifiable in certain circumstances, treasury secretary tells Congress. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

Economy

Mnuchin: ‘There could be a good shutdown’

Joseph Lawler -

June 13, 2017 4:03 pm

Excavators load trucks with rare earth on a quay at the Port of Lianyungang, in Lianyungang city, east China's Jiangsu province. The future direction of the coal industry is aimed at harvesting what are known as

Energy and Environment

Coal industry could be in store for a ‘rare earth’ reboot

John Siciliano -

June 12, 2017 4:01 am

Thankfully, the scientific community isn't taking the FDA's non-scientific approach to kratom lying down. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Healthcare

Bill advances to speed up drug and device approval

Kimberly Leonard -

June 7, 2017 7:56 pm

Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., said during a discussion of eliminating the 21st Century Community Learning Centers program,

Beltway Confidential

Dear Jeanne Shaheen: If New Hampshire can’t afford education programs, who can?

Neal McCluskey -

June 6, 2017 8:07 pm

What makes a transportation project qualify as economic development versus empty stimulus? (AP Photo/L.G. Patterson)

Beltway Confidential

Building roads and infrastructure is a conservative agenda

Ron Meyer -

June 6, 2017 5:00 pm

Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards said Thursday that the organization would continue to fight to receive public funding for its services. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

Healthcare

Planned Parenthood will fight for public funding, Cecile Richards says

Kimberly Leonard -

June 1, 2017 5:55 pm

Budget director says the debt ceiling is like a

Economy

Mulvaney favors attaching spending reforms to increase in debt ceiling

Joseph Lawler -

May 31, 2017 10:11 pm

Magazine

Voters Hold Officials Accountable for Deficits in Many Countries. Just Not Here.

Kevin R. Kosar -

May 29, 2017 2:06 pm

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