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

The United States spends $1 trillion on welfare and medicaid, which can be reduced while still increasing welfare benefits.

As Elon Musk has led an effort to slash government spending, his own companies have, over the last few years, received ...

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, focused on cutting government waste and spending, has more than doubled its ...

The federal government is the nation's largest employer, yet the size of its workforce hasn't kept up with U.S. population growth, experts say.

The CBO estimated the federal budget deficit reached $838 billion in the last four months, which is $306 billion more than the same time frame a year before, as outlays climbed 15 percent.

The $71.9 billion in foreign aid that the government spent in fiscal year 2023 works out to 1.2% of that year’s total federal ...

A large portion of the tax cuts enacted in 2017 were made temporary as a budget gimmick, and now Republicans are looking to extend them before they expire at the end of this year. On Thursday, the ...

The executive budget document comes on the heels of the inauguration of President Donald Trump, who is promising to take action against blue states like New York and slash federal funding ... 2026 ...

Trump told reporters that the effort to slash spending could cut $1 trillion from the federal budget, which totaled $6.75 ...