DOMED TO FAILMind-Boggling Cost of Trump’s ‘Golden Dome’ RevealedThe president has been picking numbers off the top of his dome. Harry Thompson
SPLIT THE BILL?Eye-Watering Cost of Trump’s National Guard Moves RevealedThey’ve been spotted gardening and picking up litter during the pricey deployments. Harry Thompson
CHECK YOUR CALENDARMAGA Senator Mocked for Embarrassing Budget GaffeSen. Tim Scott claimed the Congressional Budget Office was providing economic estimates as far back as the 1930s.Ewan Palmer
CHA-CHING!Trump-Musk Civil War Gets $2.4 Trillion of Fuel on the FireThe Congressional Budget Office released its score of the GOP House “big, beautiful” bill. Sarah Ewall-Wice
opinionRUBE GOLDBERG MACHINEBiden’s Budget Plan Is the Wrong Way To Tax the RichInstead of taking straightforward steps to do that, he’s proposing convoluted schemes that would distort markets while likely failing to deliver the revenue he says they would.Brian Riedl
opinionDOESN'T ADD UPDems’ Deficit Cure: Spend Another $42 Trillion.The CBO just delivered some bad budget news. Not a great time to go pouring $42 trillion in spending gas on the fire.Brian Riedl
DOWN THE DRAINShutdown Cost Economy $3B: Congressional Budget OfficeThe shutdown cost the economy $11 billion, but some $8 billion of that will be recovered as the government reopens.Audrey McNamara
Free AgentGOP Left Him for Dead, Now He Could Kill TrumpcareMonths after they left him cold and alone on the campaign trail, Sen. Ron Johnson is enjoying his newfound freedom from leadership.Betsy Swan
opinionHEALTH SCARETrumpcare CBO Score Is a Political—and Public Health—CrisisThe Congressional Budget Office projects that the Senate bill would create 15 million more uninsured by 2018. That’s next year. An election year.Michael Tomasky
Trumpcare’s CostCBO: Sick Americans Could Face ‘Extremely High Premiums’The Congressional Budget Office says the health care law would result in 23 million more uninsured—in addition to higher costs for millions of older and sicker Americans.KFF Health News
GRIM PROGNOSIS Trumpcare Breaks Trump’s PromiseThe plan would leave 14 million more without coverage than would have it under Obamacare. The president said he'd give ‘insurance for everyone.’Tim Mak