Budget

On Day 10 of the government shutdown, White House budget director Russell Vought announced that the mass firings of federal workers have begun...

President Trump said Thursday that he plans to cut “Democrat programs” as the government shutdown drags on with no end in sight. “We’ll be making cuts...

The Congressional Budget Office estimates that the U.S. government’s budget deficit for fiscal year 2025 totaled $1.8 trillion, just $8 billion less...

With the shutdown in its eighth day, Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday that he does not plan to allow the House to vote on a standalone bill to pay...

As the shutdown drags on, the partisan barbs keep flying on Capitol Hill. Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer on Tuesday laid the blame for the...

President Donald Trump suggested Tuesday that some of the hundreds of thousands of federal workers currently furloughed due to the shutdown may not...

As the government shutdown stretches into its sixth day, the Senate voted Monday for the fifth time on a pair of bills that would fund the federal...

The third day of the government shutdown yielded a fourth round of failed votes to fund federal agencies and get furloughed federal employees back to...