The stellar efforts of talented student interns throughout the year allows NPP to expand and deepen what we do across all aspects of our work. This week, we're highlighting Molly Grover, who is working with us as a Research Assistant on our Faces of the Federal Budget project.

When Chris and his wife decided to buy a house, the Home Mortgage Interest Deduction allowed them to buy their dream home.

This Fourth of July, we're feeling especially patriotic about a vision for a federal budget by and for the people.

There aren’t many things that 90 percent of Americans agree on, but there are at least two.

Over the coming weeks, we'll be highlighting NPP's amazing summer interns. The stellar efforts of talented student interns throughout the year allows NPP to expand and deepen what we do across all aspects of our work. Welcome to the first of our Summer Intern Profiles.

It’s sexier than you think. Tax breaks might not be your first thought for hot summer beach reading, but what we’re really talking about are big piles of cash.

They don't agree on much, but in at least one way the House and Senate are on the same page: They both want to increase military funding next year.

According to a report just released by the Congressional Budget Office, the Senate’s comprehensive immigration reform bill would reduce federal budget deficits by $197 billion over the next decade.

When Richard, a retired Air Force officer, went to college in 1960, student debt was not something people worried about. Fifty years later, everything has changed.

The 2011 Budget Control Act set the stage for the harsh automatic budget cuts known as sequestration to take place on January 1, 2013. These cuts will go on for a decade unless Congress agrees to stop them. Some initiatives, like the WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition Program, have been cut by more than 20 percent.