Mick Mulvaney

Congress has until March 15 to raise the federal debt ceiling. If not, the government may default on its debt. But Americans have heard this story many times in recent years. Throughout former President Barack Obama’s term, Congressional Republicans used debt ceiling deadlines as leverage to...

With the Trump administration taking charge this month, there is a high degree of uncertainty regarding “where defense will head,” Bernstein analysts said in a report. They added that the defense budget would likely be increased and that nominal growth should be “no higher than...