In an extraordinary vote Tuesday, Senate Democrats blocked a $1.15 trillion annual defense policy bill, opposing the measure as part of an ongoing partisan showdown over defense spending levels and in ...

The House adjourned Thursday for a five-week August recess, but not before it rebuked President Trump a second time over the Iran war. Four Republicans again joined with Democrats in backing a war ...

McDonald's just reported its first quarter financial results on April 20. The global fast food chain generated $6.54 billion during the period and delivered earnings per share of $1.23. Global ...

Thank you for the opportunity to speak to you, and thank you to the Center for the National Interest for honoring me with this invitation. I would like to talk today about how to develop a new foreign ...

The federal budget deficit totaled $1.37 trillion in the first nine months of the current fiscal year, according to the latest monthly budget review from the Congressional Budget Office. The deficit ...

The main Social Security trust fund will run dry in late 2032, resulting in a 22% reduction in benefits unless Congress acts to shore up the program’s finances, according to the latest projections ...

The Department of Government Efficiency came to an official end this past weekend as the Trump administration’s cost-cutting effort reached a self-imposed termination date of July 4, 2026. First ...

The Clinton era of the 1990s is remembered as a prosperous time punctuated by a series of scandals. Today, we tend to dismiss these scandals as irrelevant because they mostly involved sex, were ...

The White House today asked Congress for $87.6 billion in supplemental funding for the Iran war and other programs. “Most of this request will address urgent needs related to Operation Epic Fury (OEF) ...

A government watchdog says that more than $489 million worth of food aid is at risk of spoiling as it sits in warehouses and ports around the world, following the pause in spending at the U.S. Agency ...

Nearly two years ago an extreme offshoot of al-Qaeda proclaimed itself a caliphate in the Middle East. Today ISIS has been condemned worldwide for its commission of brutal crimes against humanity, ...

A new nationwide study on the fiscal implications of illegal immigration concludes that millions of undocumented immigrants are paying billions of dollar in taxes into state and local coffers, and ...