The next president will come into office in early 2021, and the nation will be facing the most dangerous budget situation in peacetime history.

Congress has passed a giant omnibus spending bill with large increases for every federal budget area. If Trump goes along with the GOP leadership and hikes spending, it would cut his cabinet secretaries off at the knees.

Congressional leaders have agreed to a 2,232-page omnibus spending package that allocates federal discretionary spending for 2018. Defense and nondefense spending levels are jacked up, budget caps are blown through, and the deficit is soaring.

The Trump administration is proposing to privatize two airports owned by the federal government in Virginia, Dulles and Reagan National.

In a new study, economist Mickey Levy included a chart illustrating the inaccuracies of Federal Reserve economic forecasts.

The Renewable Fuel Standard harms consumers, damages the economy, and produces negative environmental effects.

Our air traffic control system is run by the federal government and subject to all the usual bureaucratic failures such as cost overruns, lack of innovation, a stagnant workforce, unstable finances, and ineffective leadership.

The Los Angeles Times reports on the latest setbacks to California’s high-speed passenger rail project. The project is far over budget and way behind schedule. Is anyone surprised?

Agriculture subsidies distort markets, harm the environment, line the pockets of the rich, and cost billions of dollars.

The Supreme Court hears arguments today regarding the ability of state governments and their labor unions to extract union fees from unwilling employees. The case involves an Illinois state worker who decided not to join the AFSCME union that covers his job, but is being forced to pay a $45 per month “agency fee” to the union nonetheless.