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

DOGE acknowledged that the work was incomplete but said it was part of an “enormous manual effort consolidating 16,000+ ...

Compare that with the same period last year under Joe Biden: federal spending back then came to about $26bn a day. Outflows ...

President Donald Trump took office with a promise to “immediately bring prices down.” But conquering inflation is tricky, and ...

A provocative set of graphs has kicked off a debate over whether—and how—more money can improve student outcomes.

Congressional Republicans may seek to drastically cut Medicaid by imposing per capita caps, which would place a hard cap on per-person federal Medicaid spending. At a time when people across ...

Elon Musk’s DOGE has officially launched its website, aiming to provide public updates on governmental spending cuts and agency operations.

Silver surges past $32.65 before stopping at $33.39, then retreats on weak U.S. retail sales. Traders watch Fed policy and inflation data for the next move.

Federal workers on edge as Trump works to ... and Thursday when the Senate Budget Committee marks up his budget. Like the chart? Follow me on Bluesky, where we play with this kind of budget ...

Los Angeles’ top homeless services executive told LAist in December that she had followed state conflict of interest laws by ...

CPI data, Powell’s remarks, and retail sales will shape market sentiment. Earnings from McDonald’s, Roku, and Coinbase add ...

Critics of President Donald Trump’s trade agenda have warned that his introduction of punishing new tariffs will cause prices ...