Supreme Court Lifts Spending Limits on Political Parties and Candidates

Republicans had asked the court to strike down restrictions on how much political parties can spend in coordination with ...

Supreme Court strikes down limits on political party spending

At issue in the case was a post-Watergate law that Congress passed to limit the amount of money individuals can give to ...
Sun JournalOpinion

What Susan Collins’ appropriations power means for Maine, and what happens if she loses

The Republican senator is running for reelection on her ability to direct spending to towns, hospitals, organizations and ...
The New RepublicOpinion

The Supreme Court’s War on Congress

A pair of less-heralded decisions shine a bright light the Roberts Court’s appetite for constitutional destruction.
The Washington Post

Congress has lost its grip on funding the government

Congress’s most important job is deciding how federal money is spent. It hasn’t passed annual funding bills on time since 1997. And the normal act of budget-making has become all but impossible, with ...
CNBC

SpaceX millionaires are set to spend big on luxury homes, watches and private jet travel

Current and former SpaceX employees are already planning their spending sprees for a post-IPO wealth windfall. Luxury real estate is top of mind for these newly minted millionaires. Rolexes and ...
Associated Press

From unfilled gas tanks to fewer frills, retailers see US consumers rethink their spending

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Gas prices move up and down in response to ...
Wall Street Journal

$264 of Stuffed Flounder and Fancy Hotels: The Rising Fury Over Government Spending

A $419 hotel tab on a family vacation. DoorDash orders totaling $1,576. Ammunition costing $276 from a place called Lucky Gunner. Michael Boaz, as town manager of Pilot Mountain, N.C. (pop. 1,420), ...
TechCrunch

Uber caps employee AI spending after blowing through budget in 4 months

AI is getting expensive, and some companies are cutting back on usage in an attempt to moderate costs. That cohort includes Uber, which recently instituted internal usage caps as a way to cut down on ...
MarketWatch

It’s official: More money is now spent building data centers than the government spends on transportation

A notable milestone was quietly reached, according to the April construction-spending report released by the Census Bureau on Monday: construction spending on data centers has overtaken public ...
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MacFarlane shares how Schiff feels about Pulte: 'Example of a weaponized form of government'

President Trump announced he is appointing Bill Pulte as Acting Director of National Intelligence. MS NOW Senior Legal Reporter Lisa Rubin, MS NOW Senior National Security Reporter David Rohde, Chief ...
Bloomberg L.P.

US Construction Spending on Data Centers Eclipses $50 Billion

Spending on data-center construction in the US eclipsed $50 billion in April for the first time, according to Census Bureau figures published Monday. Data centers now account for 2.3% of all US ...