A Democratic state lawmaker is proposing a tax on smokers to help fund a medical school in Maine. Democratic State Senator Joe Baldacci (D-Bangor) put out a bill last month that would add a $1 tax to ...

Republicans were reportedly resorting to "magical thinking" to push through an extension of President-elect Donald Trump's ...

President-elect Trump is promising sweeping changes with his pro-growth agenda that will impact industries such as energy, ...

President-elect Donald Trump has proposed trillions of dollars of tax cuts. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — President-elect Donald ...

The new budget forecasts predicted that the United States will record a $1.9 trillion budget deficit this fiscal year and ...

The national debt is slated to rise by $23.9 trillion over the next decade, a sum that does not include trillions of dollars ...

The Congressional Budget Office on Friday forecast a $1.865 trillion U.S. budget deficit for fiscal 2025, largely flat with ...

As congressional Republicans struggle to keep deficits in check while extending their sweeping 2017 tax cuts, the ...

Trump's pick for Treasury secretary says letting the 2017 tax expire would unleash a $4 trillion tax hike that could crush the U.S. economy.

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, the U.S. government’s fiscal health is bleak, with debt and deficits ...

The U.S. government on Friday announced a list of 15 prescription medicines targeted for Medicare price negotiations for 2027 ...

The U.S. national debt is projected to surge by $23.9 trillion over the next decade, according to the Congressional Budget Office.