NEW YORK - NEW YORK - JUNE 1: A man walks near the National Debt Clock in Midtown Manhattan on June 1, 2023 in New York City. (Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/VIEWpress) The federal budget is a mess, ...

Happy New Year. Welcome to 2026. Now that we’re in a new year, the question for state and local leaders is now acutely: How are you going to pay for your priorities? Budget leaders are entering this ...

The C.B.O. said that the amount of debt held by the public is expected to become much larger than the annual output of the ...

The Federal Government publishes the spending and revenue numbers on a monthly basis. Looking at the average monthly deficit, both October and December were much larger than average, with November ...

The Federal Government publishes the spending and revenue numbers on a monthly basis. The government fiscal year closes at the end of September, but this analysis will look at the calendar year budget ...

The 20 largest civilian federal agencies collectively spent 63% less money in October 2025 — during the government shutdown — compared to October 2024, according to reported spending data pulled from ...

Budget cuts are needed not for its own sake but to lessen capacity constraints on private sector investment, innovation, and ...

I was struck, no, dumbfounded by this: Debt funded all federal government spending in 2025. The federal government plans to spend a total of $7 trillion in fiscal 2025 but only bring in $5.16 trillion ...