Sequester Watch

Negotiators reportedly settled on cutting funding for financial regulators after giving up on further cuts in food stamps in a draft of a budget deal.

During the last three months of 2013, 15 miners died on the job. The uptick coincides with budget cuts that mean inspectors can afford to visit a workplace only every 99 years, on average.

With Congress poised to pull a lifeline from 1.3 million Americans, a study shows that the common justification is wrong.

We’re still living with those $80 billion across-the-board cuts from the sequester, and now they're at it again.

Universities say the automatic federal budget cuts that began last March have directly affected their research activities, leading to layoffs.

We have a rich tradition of lauding our veterans while turning our backs on their real-world problems -- and this Veteran's Day is no different.

The Kansas Department of Health and Environment recently released a startling report showing a 30 percent increase in suicides from 2011.

Automatic spending cuts mean less medical care for veterans, yet Congress continues to appropriate funds for outdated and needlessly expensive weapons.

National Priorities' Mattea Kramer provides an update – in handy cheat-sheet format – of what's happening with the federal budget when Congress reconvenes in September.

Sequestration mandates made housing less affordable than ever. Congressional inaction will keep it that way.