Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent found himself in an unexpected position Friday morning, facing a challenging question from — of all people — a Fox News anchor. The budget bill passed by the House this week “adds trillions to our debt,” Fox’s Bill Hemmer noted. “How is that acceptable to this administration?”

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The House budget bill that narrowly passed in an early morning vote on Thursday would effectively put the brakes on a clean energy production boom in the United States spurred by subsidies enacted in 2022.

The GOP-backed One Big Beautiful Bill Act includes some big changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

President Trump met with holdouts again Wednesday as leaders ramp up their efforts to build support around the bill.

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The head of the Environmental Protection Agency clashed with Democratic senators Wednesday, accusing one of being an “aspiring fiction writer” and saying another does not "care about wasting money.'' Democrats countered that EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin’s tenure will likely mean more Americans contracting lung cancer and other

The LA City Council approved a revised budget to close its deficit, which also reduced layoffs from roughly 1,600 to about 600.

The revised budget reduces proposed layoffs from 1,647 to 600, restores key civilian LAPD positions, and scales back funding for police and fire departments.

A three-month budget will go into effect in July amid the possibility of a potential endowment tax increase that could cost the college millions more.

Fremont’s proposed budget shows that the city expects to spend about 94% of its money on police, fire and maintenance work. Police will be taking the lion’s share of nearly half of overall spending. Last year, the city spent over $118 million on police, with $123.5 million projected to be spent by the end of the fiscal year in June.