House Passes Earmark-Laden, $1.2 Trillion Consolidated Spending Bill Hours Before Shutdown Deadline Arjun Singh on March 22, 2024 The House of Representatives on Friday passed a $1.2 trillion consolidated spending…
‘Insulting’: Congressional Spending Bill Cuts Out Series Of Border Security Provisions Jake Smith on March 21, 2024 The congressional spending bill introduced on Thursday lacks funding for several border policies…
Defense Spending Bill Cuts Diversity Programs, But Leaves Out Provisions Blocking Trans Procedures, Abortion Funding Micaela Burrow on March 21, 2024 The defense spending bill unveiled in the House early…
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Foreign policy provisions in the $1.2 trillion spending plan unveiled by U.S. congressional leaders on Thursday included billions of dollars in military spending, concessions…
‘Your Point Is Completely Valid’: Pacific Forces Chief Acknowledges The US Is Spending Too Much Downing Houthi Weapons Micaela Burrow on March 20, 2024 The head of U.S. military forces…
‘A Complete Failure’: Conservatives Chafe At GOP Plan To Lock In Homeland Security Spending With No Border Changes Mary Lou Masters on March 15, 2024 Conservatives are already pushing back…
Biden Admin Spending Big To Make Ports Of Entry Green While Trying To Yank Border Wall Funds Nick Pope on March 14, 2024 The Biden administration is spending more than…
The Senate passed a consolidated bill on Friday to fund a part of the federal government for the 2024 fiscal year, which partially completes the appropriations process that has been…
Congress Passes Massive Spending Bill Chock-Full Of Earmarks Arjun Singh on March 6, 2024 The House of Representatives passed a spending bill on Wednesday to fund part of the federal…
Stopgap Spending Bill Clears The Senate To Avert Government Shutdown For Another Week Arjun Singh on February 29, 2024 The Senate on Thursday passed a continuing resolution (CR), the fourth…
Federal Court Rules Major Biden Spending Bill Was Passed Unconstitutionally Harold Hutchison on February 27, 2024 A federal judge ruled Tuesday that a $1.7 trillion spending bill was unconstitutionally passed…
Defense Spending Plans For 2025 Don’t Live Up To White House, Congress’ Bluster On Deterring China, Experts Say Micaela Burrow on February 25, 2024 The White House and Congress say…
(Reuters) -A labor union-backing shareholder wrote a letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday, saying that Starbucks has failed to disclose costs arising from anti-union campaigns, which…
House Leaves Washington Without Passing Spending Bills Ahead Of Government Shutdown Deadline Arjun Singh on February 15, 2024 The House of Representatives adjourned for a two-week recess ahead of the…
NATO Members Suddenly Poised To Meet Military Spending Targets Days After Trump Railed Against Alliance Jake Smith on February 13, 2024 NATO is expected to announce Wednesday that a majority…
By Matthias Inverardi and Andreas Rinke DUESSELDORF (Reuters) – German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Monday said defence companies could count on his government ramping up military spending and that it…
Sol Wisenberg Explains Why Biden DOJ’s Probe Into Dem Rep’s ‘Astronomical’ Security Spending Is ‘Significant’ Harold Hutchison on January 30, 2024 Former deputy independent counsel Sol Wisenberg said it was…
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Bipartisan negotiators in the U.S. Congress have reached agreement on the spending levels in the 12 bills that legislators would need to pass to avert a government shutdown…
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Hardline Republicans who repeatedly brought the U.S. House of Representatives to a halt last year were sidelined in this month’s bipartisan push to avert…
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia’s household spending fell in December after a rise the previous month, as consumers pulled back spending on household goods, recreation and food, data from the Commonwealth…
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) – Spending on political advertising in the U.S. is expected to jump 30% this year from the last presidential election in 2020, partly driven by higher…
By Chavi Mehta (Reuters) – U.S. political advertising spend will likely jump by nearly a third in 2024 over the previous U.S. presidential election year, with TV media again taking…
By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republican U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson faced his first direct challenge from his own caucus on Wednesday, as hardline conservatives blocked a Republican bill…
New Congressional Spending Deal Would Boost Spending Levels Compared To Pre-Pandemic Budget Arjun Singh on January 9, 2024 The bipartisan spending deal negotiated between House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate…
By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – British retailers reported lacklustre sales around Christmas, according to industry data released on Tuesday which may add to concerns that the economy has tipped…