Government spending never enhances economic growth precisely because governments only have money to spend insofar as they have taxable access to private economic activity. In other words ...

spending was ‘sequestered’ from Oct 2009-Jan 2014, Real Private GDP outperformed Real GDP by a decent margin. Real GDP continues to outpace the underlying Real Private GDP. Government ...

Government spending never enhances economic growth precisely because governments only have money to spend insofar as they have taxable access to private economic activity. In other words ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson on Wednesday defended the role of Department of Government Efficiency head Elon Musk in scrutinizing government spending, arguing that the executive branch is acting ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. It seems government spending will be an issue we hear a lot of in this year’s federal election campaign. But remember this: ...

Elon Musk and his deputies in the Department of Government Efficiency have gained access to Treasury Department systems and targeted a key foreign aid agency for closure, riling Democrats who say ...

The U.S. is about $36 trillion in debt. But the buyouts might not be the most impactful way to reduce government spending. “It's a drop in a bucket, especially when you're talking about ...

If Congress does not pass a new spending bill by March 14, the federal government will shut down. Senator Andy Kim, Democrat of New Jersey, echoed Mr. Booker during an interview with NBC.

So Kamarck, who ran the first phase of President Bill Clinton’s Reforming Government (“REGO”) effort, understands the impulse to scrutinize the extent of Washington’s spending excesses ...

Spending Bill Talks Bog Down After Trump's Efforts to Slash Government WASHINGTON (AP) — Before President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress can enact much of their legislative agenda ...