What is essential? Some might say, not the governing body that, as of today, allows the government’s debt held by the public this month to surpass $30 trillion. Total debt, not counting the much larger entitlement promises made by politicians into the indefinite future, is headed toward $38 trillion. Next, suggests the WSJ, try also to compute the much larger entitlement promises politicians pledge into the indefinite future.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune has announced the chamber will vote today on reopening the government. Eric Mack reports in Newsmax: The Senate will vote...

Americans have been begging for Congress to term-limit itself, but rather than step down, aging Democrats appear to be aiming for lifetime terms. The...

At the Cato Institute, Dominik Lett explains that the One Big Beautiful Bill does a great job of adding to the deficit. He writes: By...

At the Cato Institute, Romina Boccia discusses the 2025 budget and the potential America can avert a fiscal crisis. She writes: As a new Congress...

In The New York Sun, Larry Kudlow explains that in the current lame-duck session in Washington, D.C., "confusion reigns." He writes: The more the Fed...