Looking at the average monthly deficit, January and February were both worse than average, whereas March was slightly better. The latest quarter was slightly better than last Q2 and also better than ...

Deputy White House Chief of Staff Stephen Miller said Tuesday that the federal deficit is a result of spending on people who aren't "properly lawfully correctly eligible to receive" government funds.

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 ...

(The Center Square) – The federal civilian workforce shrank by nearly 256,000 employees, 11.3%, across every major agency in 2025, a government watchdog report confirmed, providing the first ...

This year's federal budget deficit is now outpacing last year's as federal spending is growing at a faster rate than tax revenue, pushing the annual shortfall closer to $2 trillion. The nonpartisan ...