The U.S. national debt has increased by more than half a trillion dollars in less than six months, amid predictions that the U.S. is on the verge of returning to another explosion in government borrowing. The debt rose to an all-time high of $21.4 trillion on Thursday, according to government data posted Friday. That’s more […]
The Military, Flush with Cash, Is Asking Lawmakers for More Time to Spend it All…
The Pentagon is finally poised for a spending hike in March that could bankroll increased troop training and equipment maintenance, but the wrangling on Capitol Hill has delayed its annual budget by more than five months. Now, military leaders worry they might not have enough time in the remaining months of the fiscal year to […]
Paul Ryan: Senate Democrats Are ‘the only thing standing in the way’ of Averting Government Shutdown…
Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., issued a stern warning to Senate Democrats who might vote against a stopgap spending measure. Less than an hour after the House passed the bill, Ryan said Senate Democrats are the “only thing standing in the way” of government funding and other resources and programs. “The only thing […]