The White House immigration hawk and deputy chief of staff is pointing the finger in the wrong direction when assigning blame ...

(The Center Square) - The United States federal budget deficit totaled $1 trillion in the first five months of fiscal year 2026, according to the Congressional Budget Office. The latest federal ...

A new economic analysis warns that the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act,” signed into law on July 4, 2025, could add between $3.7 trillion and $5.1 trillion to federal deficits over the next decade and ...

Eliminating Social Security's deficit would cut the federal government's primary deficit in half. It would also make Americans happy. Recently, the Congressional Budget Office released its budget ...

Federal outlays grew nearly as much, from $6.735 trillion in 2024 to $7.01 trillion in 2025. The main drivers were an additional $294 billion spent on Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security. Last ...

President Trump’s tariffs aren’t working as advertised. Taxes on imports can’t shrink the trade deficit, significantly boost U.S. manufacturing or improve the lot of most ordinary Americans. At the ...

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 10: U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) speaks to reporters during a news conference on the impacts of the Republican budget proposal at the U.S. Capitol on April 10, 2025 in ...

The Congressional Budget Office projects the federal deficit will grow from $1.8 trillion in 2025 to $3.1 trillion by 2036. Federal spending is currently well above its 50-year average, while revenue ...