The charts below are based on information from the Congressional Budget Office, which does nonpartisan analysis for Congress.

A provocative set of graphs has kicked off a debate over whether—and how—more money can improve student outcomes.

Chelsea Clinton is the vice chair of the Clinton Foundation, a nonprofit that was created by Bill Clinton in 2001.

President Donald Trump took office with a promise to “immediately bring prices down.” But conquering inflation is tricky, and ...

Silver surges past $32.65 before stopping at $33.39, then retreats on weak U.S. retail sales. Traders watch Fed policy and inflation data for the next move.

Compare that with the same period last year under Joe Biden: federal spending back then came to about $26bn a day. Outflows ...

Congressional Republicans may seek to drastically cut Medicaid by imposing per capita caps, which would place a hard cap on per-person federal Medicaid spending. At a time when people across ...

Elon Musk’s DOGE has officially launched its website, aiming to provide public updates on governmental spending cuts and agency operations.

DOGE acknowledged that the work was incomplete but said it was part of an “enormous manual effort consolidating 16,000+ ...

The consumer price index rose 3% on the year in January 2025. Economists worry that broad disinflation is over, even as ...

Los Angeles’ top homeless services executive told LAist in December that she had followed state conflict of interest laws by ...

U.S. inflation expectations have surged over the past few months, and this has been a bullish driver for gold and silver.