The charts below are based on information from the Congressional Budget Office, which does nonpartisan analysis for Congress.

Compare that with the same period last year under Joe Biden: federal spending back then came to about $26bn a day. Outflows ...

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency wants to cut government spending, but it's also prompting lawsuits and ...

On both sides of the political aisle, very few U.S. adults think the country is spending too much on Social Security and ...

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

President Trump and Elon Musk have spent three weeks slashing federal jobs — often in defiance of legal limits — and there ...

The sudden stop in federal funding reminded Americans how vital the government is in people’s lives.

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 ...

The average borrower's monthly bill could swell to $288 from $95, according to an early estimate by the Institute for College ...

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

Federal government payments for subscriptions to media outlets have become the latest target of President Donald Trump's ...