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

The federal government spent $126.6B more than it collected in January, exceeding the $89.9B consensus estimate, according to the U.S. Treasury's monthly statement released on Wednesday. The budget ...

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

The U.S. budget deficit continues to widen, as outlays rise faster than receipts, the Congressional Budget Office said Monday. For the first four months of the fiscal year, the deficit was $838 ...

Federal budget deficits in the trillions of dollars per year can’t go on forever, Powell warned. “It's not the level of ...

The Southeastern Conference reported a financial deficit for the 2024 fiscal year after league made expansion-related ...

The monthly government budget release is typically a pretty sleepy one. I know, because I’m sitting there at 2 p.m. Eastern ...

Speaking to reporters for the first time since he took charge of the Trump administration's cost-cutting initiative, Elon ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's pledge to contain yields on 10-year Treasury notes met some skepticism in the bond ...

Waste, fraud and abuse in government is real, and it needs to be exposed, according to Nebraska State Auditor Mike Foley.