Most economists agree that if the U.S. were to ever reach the debt ceiling, the consequences would be catastrophic. While the U.S. continually wrestles with this bor ...

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After you receive a Chapter 7 discharge, you must wait eight years before filing another Chapter 7 case with the bankruptcy ...

The following is Part 2 of a two-part series. Part 1 was published on May 13, 2025.

Republicans in the U.S. Congress advanced elements of President Donald Trump's sweeping budget package on Wednesday after a ...

The party line vote by the tax-writing House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee amounts to an initial victory for ...

Tensions rose and emotions flared as the hours dragged on into early Wednesday morning. House Republicans are working to push ...

New York suburban lawmakers have been leading the fight to win a tax break for their constituents.

Ahead of a self-imposed Memorial Day deadline, House Republicans are pushing forward a major spending bill that includes ...

Behind many sovereign debt crises there is often a simple, but difficult truth: the full picture of public debt and contingent liabilities which migrated to sovereign balance sheets was not visible to ...

Housing advocates say a cap on the amount of state tax revenue set aside for the new CHIP program would severely limit the ...