Recent developments in Washington regarding budget reconciliation indicate potential significant impacts on education ...

The stopgap measure the G.O.P. is pushing to avert a government shutdown omits billions of dollars in member-requested ...

The largest chunks of the federal budget go toward mandatory spending. These programs do not need annual outlays approved by ...

PolitiFact's Lou Jacobson discusses the challenges faced by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in cutting $1 ...

The House has passed legislation to avert a partial government shutdown and fund federal agencies through September.

As Republicans look for ways to cut trillions from the budget, the focus inevitably turns to healthcare, one of the largest areas of spending ... billion in federal funding).” Discretionary ...

One of the main reasons is the federal government spent ... When net interest payments and defense spending are included, the amount of nondefense discretionary spending is only about 15% of ...

As the Department of Government Efficiency roots through federal computer systems for taxpayer-funded programs to cut, Elon Musk said his team is working toward a $1 trillion target. “The ...

when the bipartisan Simpson-Bowles commission put forth a comprehensive plan to reduce spending and increase revenue, only to see it sink. Today, the problem is dire. Our ratio of federal debt ...