The excessive deficit procedure aims to ensure that all member states maintain low government debt or reduce high debt to sustainable levels. On this page: What is the excessive deficit procedure?

Treasury posted a lapsed appropriations contingency plan late last week that calls for the IRS to be fully staffed through Friday during the partial government shutdown. A district court held that the ...

February 4, 2026 • The United States has been conducting military operations in Syria for more than a decade. Their mission has been to attack ISIS militants and to protect Syrian oil fields. With ...

Lindenhurst, L.I.: Prof. David Bloomfield has written about education with insight over the years. His op-ed ("Mamdani must bring back our snow days!" Feb. 2) on how schools meet their... February 2, ...