The focus on some $350 billion in national security funding comes as action on the massive package is lumbering along in Congress at a critical moment.

Is Trump's ‘big beautiful bill' good for US consumers? The bond market is sending Washington an unmistakable message: The U.S. budget deficit is a problem we can no longer ignore. Yet, the GOP budget bill seems to do precisely that.

This story was originally published by Grist. Energy policy analysts are in broad agreement about one consequence of major legislation that Republicans are currently pushing through Congress: It will raise energy prices for the average American household by hundreds of dollars,