The US federal budget gap widened to a record $840 billion for the first third of the fiscal year, propelled by spending ...

The federal government posted a $129 billion budget deficit for January, up sharply from an unusually low $22 billion deficit ...

It’s vital for Congress to pair pro-growth tax cuts with pro-growth spending reforms. The federal budget itself needs a ...

Elon Musk's Oval Office media appearance with President Donald Trump mentioned the size of U.S. spending but not much context.

Social media posts claimed Donald Trump and Elon Musk had simply "learned from the master" in their attempts to cut ...

Even if those tax breaks are allowed to lapse at year’s end, the federal budget deficit ... compared to its historical average, Swagel said. For the current fiscal year, the deficit will rise ...

The charts and tables below give an in-depth review of the Federal Budget, showing where the ... Figure: 4 Quarterly Historical Deficit/Surplus for Previous Five Years The next two charts show ...

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated in a report on Monday that the federal government racked up a deficit of $127 billion last month. The CBO estimated the federal budget deficit ...

U.S. government bonds, or Treasuries, are the primary way the federal government borrows money and one of the world’s most ...

The $71.9 billion in foreign aid that the government spent in fiscal year 2023 works out to 1.2% of that year’s total federal ...

As congressional Republicans struggle to keep deficits in check while extending their sweeping 2017 tax cuts, the Congressional Budget Office provided a dour forecast. Even if those tax breaks are ...