U.S. federal budgeting has two major categories of spending. The one subject to the most scrutiny is “discretionary” spending, which is the basis of the annual appropriations process. This includes ...

By Charter's calculation, which excludes stock-based compensation, net leverage was 4.1 times EBITDA at the end of 2024. Charter’s leverage is more modest than smaller peer Altice USA’s at more than 6 ...

This technical note explains how we adjust the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ten-year budget baseline issued in January 2025 to create our CBPP baseline, which we use in our analyses of ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson said he'd be willing to negotiate with Democrats to raise the debt ceiling, something President ...

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Speaking to the three top House Republican leaders over the past three days at the House GOP retreat here in Doral, Fla., ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson said he'd be willing to negotiate with Democrats to raise the debt ceiling, something President Trump has said he wants to get rid of entirely.

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House Majority Leader Steve Scalise discussed Republicans' plans to grapple with several fiscal deadlines on the horizon.

Strike the right balance with a payment that makes progress on the debt without stretching your budget too thin.

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A tax refund is a reimbursement from the government when you've paid too much in taxes during the year. Here are some options for what to do with that money.