The U.S. budget deficit has grown to more than $1.3 trillion in the first half of the 2025 fiscal year — the second highest ...

The United States borrowed $596 billion from January through March 2025 – up $41 billion from January through March 2024, according to the latest Monthly Treasury Statement from the Treasury De ...

President Donald Trump holds up a chart while speaking during a “Make America Wealthy ... protect U.S. industries from unfair ...

President Donald Trump has made seismic shifts to U.S. trade that could have long-term effects on the economy and your ...

Using this benchmark, we can attribute 71 percent of the 2025 deficit to spending policy decisions and 29 percent to tax ...

Last week’s federal budget revealed that the cost of the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) will reach $50.8 billion ...

The plan includes a 10% baseline tax on imports from all countries and higher tariff rates on dozens of nations that run ...

WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans unveiled their long-awaited budget blueprint for President Trump’s “big, beautiful” agenda ...

But interest rates and inflation have increased. Today, the federal government spends more to pay off its debt each year than ...

You have to consider the whole picture – the entire federal budget. According to the Treasury Department website, the U.S. has spent over $3 trillion in the 2025 fiscal year so far. That’s ...

The full-year stopgap spending law ... “We will be TOUGH ON CRIME, like never before.” The D.C. budget bill wouldn’t have any impact on the federal budget, according to the Congressional ...

The bad news? The total savings from these staffing cuts will pay for just 0.5% of President Donald Trump's proposed tax cuts. It will represent less than 0.2% of Elon Musk's promised "$1 trillion" in ...