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

The sudden stop in federal funding reminded Americans how vital the government is in people’s lives.

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

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 ...

It’s vital for Congress to pair pro-growth tax cuts with pro-growth spending reforms. The federal budget itself needs a ...

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

Rowan, the C.E.O. of Apollo, is a champion of a budget model for the federal government that he ... The interest I’m getting is off the charts, and it’s not from Republicans or Democrats ...

The consumer price index rose 3% on the year in January 2025. Economists worry that broad disinflation is over, even as ...

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 ...

The lawsuit filed last week to halt the Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development ...

The other issue Marylanders brought up was the current state of Maryland’s budget that ... lawmakers can chart a course to avoid further disruption from the federal government.