Tony Romm
Washington Post
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Fraudsters may have stolen $1 of every $7 in covid jobless aid, watchdog finds
The Government Accountability Office says $135 billion may have been taken, underscoring how much work Washington still has left to recover stolen funds. → Read More
Poor families could see cuts to food aid as Congress battles over budget
The Biden administration is seeking $1.4 billion in emergency funding as rising demand — and high food costs — imperil a federal nutrition program. → Read More
Biden seeks $16 billion in disaster aid as Idalia, wildfires deplete federal funds
The new request is $4 billion more than the White House initially sought, as the government grapples with a raft of expensive, deadly natural disasters. → Read More
White House asks Congress to pass short-term spending deal, boost food aid
The federal government will shut down on Oct. 1 unless lawmakers either extend current spending or fund programs through next year → Read More
Justice Dept. brings wave of cases over $836 million in alleged covid fraud
Hundreds of suspects are accused of bilking pandemic-era government programs, even using the funds to finance violent crime at times. → Read More
U.S. must raise debt limit by as early as June 1 to avoid default, Treasury says
The updated deadline comes after Republicans adopted a bill coupling an increase in the limit with spending cuts, defying a veto threat from President Biden → Read More
GOP readies debt ceiling vote as Wall Street braces for costly standoff
Investors are beginning to hedge against a possible government default, laying bare the stakes of congressional inaction. → Read More
Biden signs executive order that aims to lower cost of family care
The White House is eyeing ways to use existing federal spending to make child-care and other programs more affordable and accessible → Read More
Fiscal crisis nears as McCarthy takes debt ceiling plan to Wall Street
House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) on Monday pitched a fiscal plan with the debt ceiling crisis looming. → Read More
White House proposes $1.6 billion to combat ‘historic’ covid aid fraud
The request comes as lawmakers in Congress sound the alarm about the theft of taxpayer dollars — yet largely fail to deliver more funds to investigate it. → Read More
Federal watchdogs ask Congress for long-delayed help to fight covid fraud
The requests offer an early test for House Republicans as they convene the first hearing of a top oversight panel that has pledged to investigate Biden → Read More
$5.4 billion in covid aid may have gone to firms using suspect Social Security numbers
The findings from the nation’s top pandemic watchdog come as House Republicans plan to hold their first hearing this week on covid fraud. → Read More
Biden blasts House GOP for trying to ‘destroy’ economy over debt ceiling
The White House maintains it will not negotiate with the new GOP majority over its refusal to raise the debt ceiling. → Read More
House GOP eyes Social Security, Medicare amid spending battle
Republicans have pledged to cut spending and balance the budget, triggering a delicate conversation on the future of Americans’ benefits. → Read More
Republicans hold firm in demanding debt-ceiling deal with Biden
The GOP affirmed its political demands as Biden prepares to sit down with new House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) in the coming days. → Read More
House GOP votes to slash IRS funding, targeting pursuit of tax cheats
The party-line vote marked the first major legislative effort by a new GOP majority now under the leadership of Speaker Kevin McCarthy. → Read More
House GOP to embark on sweeping probe of covid origin, U.S. response
With new control of the House, the party is set to use its growing power and more prominent stage to launch investigations of the Biden administration. → Read More
With McCarthy elected speaker, House GOP readies for fiscal showdowns
The GOP's early threats suggest a potential return to the brinkmanship that once nearly crippled the economy and almost plunged the government into default. → Read More
House prepares to vote on $1.7 trillion omnibus bill amid GOP objections
With only hours to go before federal funds are set to run out, lawmakers face a race against the clock to finalize the sprawling spending measure. → Read More
Senate set to vote on $1.7 trillion omnibus bill to fund government
The bill would avert a shutdown and increase spending on domestic programs and the military → Read More