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The barbaric attack in Nice, the slaughter of police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge, and Hillary Clinton’s umpteenth legal cakewalk leave many Americans feeling angry and powerless—and understandably so. The social contract seems to have been shredded by the mayhem that envelops us. But the upcoming election and change of administration offer Americans an opportunity to demand a return to principles that can keep the nation free and strong—if embraced.

The stopgap funding measure is just another omnibus, spend-as-you-go measure that extends Washington’s incoherent fiscal policy.

The RSC plan offers a blueprint for pro-growth tax reform that would benefit from more policy detail.

EST, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will release selected tables from the upcoming USDA Agricultural Projections to 2032 report prepared in support of the President’s annual budget process as defined in the Budget Control Act. These tables will include 10-year projections for major U.S.

Budget season is officially upon us.

Tuesday’s Associated Press report that President Obama is considering large cuts in our strategic arsenal is just the latest of this week’s grim news about the president’s national-defense plans.

Minister of Finance Keit Pentus-Rosimannus' (Reform) nomination as Estonia's candidate for the European Court of Auditors was submitted to the EU despite criticism arising over the application, ERR has been told.

The Ryan budget represents real progress toward tackling the nation’s fiscal and economic challenges.

President Donald Trump went bold last month when he directed Cabinet members to cut spending by 5 percent for their upcoming annual budgets.

In October 2008, Congress raised the debt limit to $11.3 trillion. Then presidential candidate Barack Obama denounced the action as “irresponsible” and “unpatriotic.” But those were the good ol' days, when Congress actually put a statutory limit on the debt. Seven years later, Congress has become only more fiscally irresponsible. Today the national debt has climbed to $18.1 trillion — 60 percent higher than the “unpatriotic” limit set just seven years ago. And it's only g...