Federal Spending

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen takes her seat before she testifies about the economy at the Joint Economic Committee of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 7, 2014.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Conservatives at peace with Biden picking Janet Yellen for treasury secretary

Nihal Krishan · November 26, 2020 12:21 am

Police begin clearing angry protesters from the Capitol building in Washington by using tear gas on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Demonstrators responded by taunting and yelling at law enforcement before retreating from the toxic gas and the officers with riot shields.

Beltway Confidential

The coronavirus has shown people that big government can’t solve all their problems

Brad Polumbo · August 1, 2020 10:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Trump opposition to coronavirus testing is reckless

Quin Hillyer · July 20, 2020 8:31 pm

child patient at the dentist

Government helps boost savings and then spending for lower income households

Nihal Krishan · June 26, 2020 3:00 am

Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin leads a meeting of the Financial Stability Oversight Council, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018, at the Treasury Department in Washington.

Steven Mnuchin: More coronavirus economic relief spending ‘definitely’ needed

Nihal Krishan · June 10, 2020 6:11 pm

Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., listens as President Donald Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Brett Kavanaugh, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2018, on the second day of his confirmation hearing to replace retired Justice Anthony Kennedy.

John Kennedy proposes repurposing pandemic small business relief funds for companies hit by riots and looting

Nihal Krishan · June 10, 2020 5:48 pm

A Planned Parenthood clinic is seen Tuesday, June 4, 2019, in St. Louis. On Monday, June 10, 2019, a judge in St. Louis issued another order allowing Missouri's only abortion clinic to continue operating. Circuit Judge Michael Stelzer granted Planned Parenthood's request for a preliminary injunction, which extends his temporary restraining order prohibiting Missouri from allowing the clinic's license to lapse.

Beltway Confidential

How did Planned Parenthood affiliates receive coronavirus relief funding?

Kaylee McGhee White · May 20, 2020 5:40 pm

Then-Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price testifies before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing on Capitol Hill on June 15, 2017.

Trump budget director blames Congress for rising deficits as spending bill heads to White House

Nihal Krishan · December 18, 2019 10:38 pm

Pay Them Less

The Editors · February 16, 2018 8:00 am

The Man They Love to Hate

Fred Barnes · December 15, 2017 9:00 am

The Untouchables

Jay Cost · September 22, 2017 7:15 am

The Moral Case for Spending Restraint

Jay Cost · March 27, 2017 2:37 pm