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

Many US adults believe the federal government overspends, yet both Republicans and Democrats feel key programs like Social ...

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated in a report on Monday that the federal government racked up a deficit of $127 billion last month. The CBO estimated the federal budget deficit ...

Even if those tax breaks are allowed to lapse at year’s end, the federal budget deficit will still climb to $2.7 trillion in a decade, according to the CBO’s latest outlook, released Friday.

An assessment of state-level inflows and outflows of federal funds finds red states are being propped up by blue states.

The charts and tables below give an in-depth review of the Federal Budget, showing where the money is coming from, where it is going to, and the surplus or deficit. The government fiscal year ...

Billionaire Elon Musk has said his Department of Government Efficiency is aiming to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget. After his team gained access to the Treasury Department’s sensitive ...

Vought to lead the powerful White House budget office is likely to escalate ... on their hands if they hope to retain supremacy in federal spending. The question of who has the final word is ...

On Monday, U.S Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recommended that 14 major transit construction projects across the country receive nearly $4 billion in federal support as part of President ...