Budget

The federal budget deficit totaled $1.97 trillion in the first 11 months of the 2025 fiscal year, which began last October, the Treasury Department...

With a government shutdown deadline looming at the end of the month, congressional Republicans and Democrats are now staking out their negotiating...

The White House yesterday requested a stopgap spending bill that would push the September 30 deadline to avoid a government shutdown until the end of...

As congressional leaders try to figure out a path to avert a government shutdown beginning on October 1 — or, in some cases, decide if they want to...

We’re now 22 days away from the deadline to avert a government shutdown at the end of the month, and while appropriators continue to work on advancing...

The Trump administration is blocking more than $400 billion in congressionally approved funding, according to an update from top Democratic...

President Trump signed an executive order on Friday allowing the Department of Defense to be called the Department of War, restoring a name that had...

Stephen Miran, President Trump’s pick to fill an open spot on the Federal Reserve’s board of governors, told lawmakers at his confirmation hearing...