The enactment of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) represents a strategic maneuver in U.S. fiscal policy, designed to avert a potential fiscal cliff. By solidifying the tax cuts from the 2017 Tax ...

President Barack Obama spoke Monday at 1:30 p.m. — with just hours left before the midnight fiscal cliff deadline — to say lawmakers were inching closer to a deal that would prevent automatic tax ...

President Obama's highly anticipated press conference — in which he offered his strongest remarks about new gun legislation since the Newtown shootings, and officially announced a commission to be led ...

Like many other transit systems with falling ridership, the Chicago Transit Authority is awash in cash. Over a fifth of the ...

In passing a tax bill to forestall the "fiscal cliff" -- the overnight rise of a wide array of taxes combined with deep spending cuts -- lawmakers agreed to cut back on certain tax exemptions for high ...

If you’re already tired of talk of the “fiscal cliff,” brace yourself: Several business-friendly, deficit-unfriendly groups have launched well-funded campaigns hoping to bring even more attention to ...

Supporters of public media on Capitol Hill and beyond are scrambling to find solutions to address a fiscal cliff that public media is staring down this fall following cuts directed by President Trump ...

The latest trend in Fiscal Cliff analysis is to point out that it's not actually a cliff at all.* Some say it's really a slope or even a staircase. Obstacle course might be more accurate, but that ...

The fiscal cliff negotiations have the feel of a major sporting event. The media largely describe the cliff as a two-party conflict, with each side having a fighter in the ring. What House Speaker ...

Opinion articles provide independent perspectives on key community issues, separate from our newsroom reporting. North Carolina Democratic Gov. Josh Stein delivers his inauguration address inside the ...

Wonkblog has taken to using “austerity crisis” in place of “fiscal cliff.” They’re right: “fiscal” is not very specific, while “cliff” suggests a problem that happens all at once. The reality is a ...