The United States spends $1 trillion on welfare and medicaid, which can be reduced while still increasing welfare benefits.

"If they try to enforce their anti-climate prejudice, they’re going to end up inevitably hurting people’s health as well." ...

President Trump could be stuck with spending priorities set under the Biden administration for longer than congressional Republicans had hoped. As Congress struggles to strike a bipartisan ...

Elon Musk’s disruption of entire federal agencies, even if it works, would leave the biggest drivers of federal deficits ...

Billionaire Elon Musk has said his Department of Government Efficiency will work to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget.

The federal government has congressionally approved buyout authority that’s capped at $25,000. Trump’s plan allows workers ...

Federal efforts to rein in spending may clash with priorities in Michigan, where 4 out of every 10 budget dollars are sent ...

U.S. federal budgeting has two major categories of spending. The one subject to the most scrutiny is “discretionary” spending, which is the basis of the annual appropriations process. This includes ...

Phones rang off the hook in federal offices Tuesday as local officials, nonprofits and others tried to figure out if their support would keep coming.

Jan. 27, President Donald Trump’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) issued a memorandum (“memo”) directing all federal departments ...

The order sent school districts and others scrambling to determine which federal funds for schools could be stopped.

These developments come amidst a notable shift in U.S. consumer sentiment ... and offer insights into broader trends in discretionary spending and consumer confidence. While the Consumer ...