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People swim in the Mediterranean Sea as blue beach umbrellas provide shade from the sun along the beach in Nice, southeastern France. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Global warming will mean 2.5 million fewer elderly deaths over the next 50 years

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Posters for the proposed Golden Dome for America missile defense shield are displayed before an event with President Donald Trump in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, Monday, May 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) ** FILE **

Golden Dome missile shield could cost $1.2 trillion, CBO report says

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House on May 20, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Trump’s proposed Golden Dome estimated to cost $1.2 trillion, far more than he initially said

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

HERNDON, VA / ACCESS Newswire / December 15, 2025 / Out of 28 bidders, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has awarded ThinkTrends a $26 million prime contract under a multiple-award IDIQ. Through this contract, ThinkTrends will provide state-of-the-art ...

U.S. projected to borrow $2 trillion this year

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

FILE - The likeness of George Washington is seen on a U.S. one dollar bill, March 13, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

CBO: Federal deficits and debt to worsen over next decade

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters after signing a spending bill that ends a partial shutdown of the federal government in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) ** FILE **

U.S. deficit rises as Trump tax cuts, immigration crackdown sap revenue

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The importance of family and children illustration by Greg Groesch / The Washington Times

Plunging birth rates threaten to change the makeup of U.S.

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Workers remove sign lettering at the Pentagon after President Donald Trump signed an executive order aiming to rename the Department of Defense the Department of War in Washington on Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mike Pesoli) **FILE**

Congressional report says changing Defense Department to War Department could cost $125 million

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Workers remove sign lettering at the Pentagon after President Donald Trump signed an executive order aiming to rename the Department of Defense the Department of War in Washington on Sept. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mike Pesoli) **FILE**

Renaming the Department of Defense the ‘Department of War’ could cost up to $125 million

By Fatima Hussein and Konstantin Toropin - Associated Press

FILE - People stand in Times Square in New York, Aug. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith, File)

Trump immigration policies and aging population slow U.S. growth projection, budget office says

By Fatima Hussein and Mike Schneider - Associated Press

The U.S. Capitol is photographed on 37th day of the government shutdown, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

The Congressional Budget Office was hacked. It says it has implemented new security measures

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

The likeness of George Washington is seen on a U.S. one-dollar bill, March 13, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

Uncle Sam ends fiscal year 2025 $1.8 trillion in the red

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

A man looks on in front of a barrier as Liberty Bell Center is closed due to a government shutdown, in Philadelphia, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2015. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

What happens now that U.S. government shutdown is underway

By Kevin Freking - Associated Press

This image from video provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via DVIDS shows manufacturing plant employees being escorted outside the Hyundai Motor Group’s electric vehicle plant, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, in Ellabell, Ga. (Corey Bullard/U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement via AP)

Trump’s deportation plans result in 320,000 fewer immigrants and slower population growth, CBO says

By Stephen Groves - Associated Press

President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters as he meets with Congo's Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, and Rwanda's Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe, Friday, June 27, 2025, in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Republican Senate tax bill would add $3.3 trillion to the U.S. debt load, CBO says

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

The Capitol dome and east front of the House of Representatives are seen in Washington, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Republicans in deficit dispute with Congress’ budget referee

By Susan Ferrechio - The Washington Times

House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., attends a signing event for a bill blocking California's rule banning the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035, in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, June 12, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

GOP tax bill would cost poor Americans $1,600 a year and boost highest earners by $12,000, CBO says

By Fatima Hussein - Associated Press

Phillip Swagel, director of the Congressional Budget Office, testifies during a House Committee hearing Feb. 14, 2024, on Capitol Hill, in Washington. The CBO said Tuesday, June 18, that it projects a federal budget deficit increase of $400 billion or 27% this year, from its last budget outlook released in February.(AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib, File)

Why the Congressional Budget Office almost always gets it wrong

By Stephen Moore

Migrants seeking asylum line up while waiting to be processed after crossing the border June 5, 2024, in San Diego, Calif. Over the course of two weeks, President Joe Biden has imposed significant restrictions on immigrants seeking asylum in the U.S. and then offered potential citizenship to hundreds of thousands of people without legal status already living in the country. The two actions in tandem gives the president a chance to address one of the biggest vulnerabilities for his reelection campaign. (AP Photo/Eugene Garcia, File)

Migrants from Biden’s border surge were a net drain on state budgets

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

The Capitol dome and east front of the House of Representatives are seen in Washington, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Trump tariffs would slash deficits by $2.8T but hamstring economy, raise inflation, says CBO

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times