Advocates and unions are objecting to Newsom's proposed cuts to state spending on education, preschool, health and welfare programs.

The crash of two U.S. Navy jets at an Idaho air show last weekend is raising questions about why the Pentagon risks multimillion-dollar warplanes – and their crews – for entertainment.

Jim Chalmers’ fifth budget is the least popular economic statement he has released, according to the Resolve Political Monitor.

Motorists enjoyed a smooth ride on budget night, but there are twists and turns on the road ahead. Treasurer Jim Chalmers didn’t have any nasty surprises for drivers on Tuesday night. We knew ahead of ...

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has given the official nod to significantly boost Japan’s defense budget to 2 percent of gross ...

Washington — President Trump's budget proposal for fiscal year 2027 asks Congress for $1.5 trillion in defense spending — a 42% increase — while cutting nondefense spending by $73 billion, or 10%. The ...

President Trump on Friday proposed a $2.2 trillion fiscal 2027 budget, an overall increase on current spending that would include cutting non-defense agencies by 10%, or by $73 billion. The proposed ...

Jonathan Wosen is STAT’s West Coast biotech & life sciences reporter. You can reach Jonathan on Signal at jwosen.27. National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya promised a House ...

China plans to raise defense spending by 7% this year, the slowest increase since 2021. China kicks off an 8-day parliamentary meeting Thursday. Beijing ranks second to the U.S. in military spending.

President Trump last week suggested that a second reconciliation bill is not needed this year, but because the national debt is at $38 trillion and growing, policymakers need to act with a sense of ...

In a series of deals over the past three months, lawmakers rejected some of the president’s most aggressive attempts to whittle down the government. In a series of deals over the past three months, ...

Idaho Gov. Brad Little (R) ordered state agencies to permanently cut their budgets by 3% by the end of June 2026. The budget decisions that states make in 2026 are likely to be defined by an ...