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(The Center Square) – Congress never approved a dollar specifically for the war with Iran. Yet the Pentagon's inspector general says Operation Epic Fury has cost at least $33.4 billion, paid for out of accounts meant to train and maintain the military.

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(The Center Square) – A Texas congressman wants federal budget scorekeepers to show taxpayers the interest costs buried in every spending bill. He has proposed it in every Congress since 2019 without success.

(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Rand Paul says his proposed Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act would help tackle the national debt by paying federal workers to find waste. Congressional scorekeepers say they have no basis for estimating how much it would save.

(The Center Square) – Eleven months into fiscal year 2026, the U.S. government has added $2 trillion to the national debt, borrowing $168 billion during August alone, the Congressional Budget Office estimates.

Parenting is a full-time job. Parents who are also employed full-time may find the two jobs to be too much. Nearly two in five (39%) parents of school-aged and college-aged kids say it’s likely they or a partner will need to change work schedules due to parental responsibilities in the next five years, according to...