WASHINGTON (Associated Press)-- It's a microcosm of the budget battling that has consumed Congress all year: The Obama administration wants federal ag...

[After hours, just a short walk from the Capitol...] "We're gonna do it again -- I can feel it." "Do what again?" "What we always do -- we're g...

WASHINGTON — With America's top terror target eliminated, the nation's intelligence agencies fear they will look like a fat target for budget cu...

WASHINGTON -- House Republicans are targeting domestic nutrition programs and international food assistance as they try to control spending in next ye...

WASHINGTON -- It was a tough-talking House Speaker John Boehner who warned Wall Street this week that Congress won't raise the government's debt ceili...

WASHINGTON - House Speaker John Boehner is insisting tax increases are "off the table" in negotiations with the Obama administration and congressional...

NEW YORK — The top Republican in Congress wants trillions of dollars in spending cuts as part of must-pass legislation allowing the federal gove...

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's pick to lead the Democratic party says voters understand that a combination of spending cuts and tax hikes will ...

WASHINGTON — For all the complaining this time of year, most Americans actually think the taxes they pay are fair. Not that they're cheering. F...

WASHINGTON — Tea partyers insistent on cutting military spending and foreign aid will find plenty to like in the deal struck by President Barack...

WASHINGTON -- Leading congressional Republicans renewed their vehement opposition to tax increases Wednesday, as President Barack Obama prepared to pu...

WASHINGTON — A day after getting arrested with other city leaders, the District of Columbia's mayor called on residents of the nation's capital ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The federal budget deal negotiated to avoid a government shutdown would remove the strings a Democratic congressman had attached...

WASHINGTON — The head of an influential House Republican panel says he'll oppose the budget deal negotiated by the White House and Congress to a...

The proposed federal budget cuts are turning into another political sideshow. The process of the budget is being treated as a chess game, a battle over politics and procedure, and one that may go on for a long time still.

If Congress really wants to rebuild our economy and spur job growth they should start by cutting federal subsidies that incentivize wasteful development and bankrupt our communities.