Federal workforce shrinks 12% as President Donald Trump's efficiency push takes effect, data shows, with thousands of government employees having left since September 2024. Social Security benefits ...

"We can’t take care of day care. We’re a big country. ... We’re fighting wars," President Donald Trump said Wednesday.

Despite promises of massive cuts from a new efficiency department, U.S. government spending continued to rise in fiscal year ...

(The Center Square) – A majority of Americans say cutting government spending is the best way to lower debt and costs, a new poll from the National Taxpayers Union found. The nationwide survey of 800 ...

Whenever a war or military buildup arrives, it is accompanied by a curious reassurance from commentators and officials: ...

Three spending bills up for consideration in the House of Representatives this week bring with them billions in add-ons that fiscal conservatives believe go against Republicans’ promises of trimming ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House passed a bipartisan package of three spending bills on Thursday that would fund parts of the federal government through September, demonstrating the eagerness of lawmakers ...

NEW YORK, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Global debt climbed to a record $348 trillion at the end of ⁠2025, ⁠after nearly $29 trillion was added over the year ⁠in the fastest yearly build-up since the pandemic ...

Steve Mufson had a piece in the Washington Post Outlook section this past weekend suggesting that the $172 billion that the U.S. government has spent on early stage energy research since 1961 has ...