America needs to reinvest in building military hardware. The United States spends about 3.4 percent of its gross domestic product on defense, down from nearly 5 percent in 2010 and 9.4 percent in 1967 ...

The government has announced it will be removing access to class 2 voluntarily national insurance contributions (VNICs) for expats to prevent them from claiming the UK state pension cheaply. The ...

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Britain’s unpopular center-left Labour government sought to seize the political narrative Wednesday with a tax-raising budget that it hopes will boost economic growth, reduce child poverty and ease ...

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Spain’s politicians really can’t agree on a budget, and that’s working out just fine for the public finances. Unlike the fiscal showdowns that haunted Washington and Paris in recent weeks, an extended ...

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 30: A sign advertising a government shutdown relief loan is seen outside of the U.S. Senate Federal Credit Union in the Hart Senate Office Building on September 30, 2025 in ...

Members of Congress largely voted along party lines on a budget bill Wednesday night, Nov. 12, to end the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history. The vote was 222-209, with Republicans ...

• The longest shutdown in US history is over after President Donald Trump signed a funding bill to reopen the government. The House approved the bill earlier tonight in a 222-209 vote, with nearly ...

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This is Washington Edition, the newsletter about money, power and politics in the nation’s capital. Today, domestic policy reporter Gregory Korte looks at what it will take to get the government back ...

A bipartisan deal to end the 2025 government shutdown is expected to pass a House vote on Wednesday, Nov. 12. The funding package would reopen the government until Jan. 30, 2026, but does not extend ...