Government spending
The federal workforce will be a little smaller after the government shutdown ends
As promised—or threatened, if you wandered over to Reason by accident—the Trump administration has started using the government sort-of-shutdown as an opportunity to engage in mass layoffs of federal employees. In the game of…
Knox County’s Glenn Jacobs defends Donald Trump
Glenn Jacobs, better known to wrestling fans as "Kane," has spent the past seven years as the mayor of Knox County, Tennessee. While many politicians tend to become free spenders the longer they are in office,…
The Trump administration is using the shutdown to fire federal workers
It's day 10 of the government shutdown, and the Trump administration is finally starting to make good on its plans to permanently lay off federal workers. "RIFs have begun," Office of Management and Budget…
Despite DOGE cuts, federal spending rose by $300 billion last fiscal year
President Donald Trump returned to the White House with a promise to slash spending by trillions of dollars and balance the federal budget. But, as the first fiscal year of his second term came to a close, progress had not…
What the Democrats are doing right now won’t lower health care costs—but here’s what actually would
At the heart of the budget standoff that has the government shut down is Democrats' insistence on extracting a laundry list of policy changes, including locking in the supposedly temporary, COVID-19–era expansion of…
Rep. Chip Roy on spending, immigration, and the American dream
Rep. Chip Roy (R–Texas), who recently announced that he is running to replace Ken Paxton as Texas attorney general, has carved out a reputation as one of Washington's most unflinching fiscal hawks. His political career…
Ron DeSantis used secrecy and emergency powers to build Alligator Alcatraz
BIG CYPRESS NATIONAL PRESERVE, Florida—Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sold the public on the detention camp known as Alligator Alcatraz as an efficient and cost-effective way to deal with a major public disaster—illegal…
Shutdown Livestream: This Won't Fix Trillion-Dollar Deficits
Reason's Peter Suderman and Eric Boehm discuss the government shutdown live at 3 p.m. Eastern time today. Join the livestream here. The government has shut down—but don't get too excited. Taxes are still being taken…
Could this be the best government shutdown ever?
Here we go again. As I write, politicians are trying to gin up a new panic over a looming "government shutdown." We've seen this before as Democrats and Republicans play chicken over their clashing funding…
U.S. government set to shutdown tomorrow if no funding deal can be reached
Shed no tears: The Senate returns today, with a shutdown expected by the end of tomorrow if no plan for funding the government can be reached. There are two plans on the table, but neither appeals to the opposing party.…
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