As Congress Weighs a Spending Bill, Earmarks Are a Casualty
The stopgap measure the G.O.P. is pushing to avert a government shutdown omits billions of dollars in member-requested ...
Why US federal agency spending has outpaced inflation — despite headcounts dropping billions fly out the door
Washington is spending more of your money than ever — far above the rate of price increases over the past quarter-century.
Senate works to avert partial government shutdown ahead of midnight deadline
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate finds itself on Friday in a familiar position, working to avoid a partial government shutdown ...
Elon Musk's DOGE is overhauling the federal government, cutting spending, and drawing backlash. Here's what to know.
DOGE is Elon Musk's ambitious effort to reform the federal government. Here's how the Department of Government Efficiency is ...
Musk and DOGE try to slash government by cutting out those who answer to voters
Conservatives have long talked about cutting government, but Republicans in Congress have shied away from approving deep ...
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A $2 Trillion Cut Compared to $86 Trillion in Spending
As we noted before, this $2 trillion spending cut – $1.7 trillion net of the spending increases – would not be the largest ...
Here’s How Government Spending Has Grown—and Where the Money Is Going
Social Security remains one of the largest federal spending categories, while net interest on the national debt is the ...
Potential government shutdown approaches as March 14 deadline looms. Here's what to know.
Congress is staring down a deadline to fund the government by the end of the week, as the familiar threat of a shutdown looms over Washington.
How Each House Member Voted on the Bill to Avoid a Government Shutdown
The House voted 217 to 213 on a bill to fund the federal government through September and avoid a shutdown that would have started this weekend. All but one Republican voted “yes,” joined by just one ...
Explainer: Why would the US government shut down?
Large swaths of the U.S. government would be forced to stop operating at midnight on March 14 if Congress does not pass ...