Congress must move beyond the broken “discretionary” budget system and enact reforms to the federal budget as well as to how the CBO tracks federal spending. U.S. federal budgeting has two ...

So, it essentially could cover all federal discretionary spending, and perhaps even be used to halt mandatory spending such as Medicaid. (States are reporting they have been unable to access ...

The Pentagon has the largest amount of federal discretionary spending — and an infamous history of overpayments, such as spending $10,000 on toilet seat covers for Air Force cargo planes ...

Federal spending can be broken down into two primary categories, mandatory and discretionary. Mandatory spending represents close to two-thirds of annual federal spending, and this type of ...

The DOD has the largest discretionary budget in the country ... DOGE staffers have been hunting for federal spending cuts and restructuring government agencies since the start of the Trump ...

Billionaire Elon Musk has said his Department of Government Efficiency is aiming to cut $2 trillion from the federal budget ... much you can cut from annual spending by choosing among programs ...

Musk aims to cut $500 billion in annual federal spending. DOGE may go after federal programs and their discretionary spending, which is money without current congressional authorization.

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected ... from exercising its lawful authority, including over discretionary spending or fraud. “A single district court judge has attempted ...