Federal budget deficit hits record $1.1T in first 5 months of fiscal year
New data from the Treasury Department shows the federal deficit is $318 billion larger in the first five months of fiscal ...
US October-February budget deficit hits record $1.147 trillion
The U.S. budget deficit for the first five months of fiscal 2025 hit a record $1.147 trillion, the Treasury Department said ...
US budget deficit for Trump's first full month in office reaches $307 billion
The U.S. budget deficit totaled $307 billion for President Donald Trump's first full month in office, up 4%, or $11 billion, ...
Mises Institute2d
Spending Cuts Won’t Weaken the US Economy. They Will Strengthen It.
The United States will not enter a recession due to the change of administration, but because of the excess spending policies ...
US trade deficit hits record high in January on imports surge
The U.S. trade deficit widened to a record high in January amid front-loading of imports ahead of tariffs, suggesting that ...
Trump’s $5 million idea to reduce the deficit and reduce immigration fraud
Donald Trump and his pet program DOGE have been looking for ways to reduce the deficit. The president’s latest idea is a ...
What old trees can teach us about modern wildfires
A recent study underscores how humanity’s success in extinguishing fires has allowed dead wood and other flammable material ...
Moorhead Area Public Schools Superintendent concerned about projected MN deficit
MOORHEAD, Minn. (Flag Family Media) – Moorhead Area Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Brandon Lunak says he’s concerned about ...
No, DOGE can’t fix the deficit. Here’s why.
Elon Musk and Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has made some cuts, but these amount to only 1.25 ...
Can Trump Deliver on His Promises? These 12 Metrics Will Tell Us
How the 47th president leads the US on inflation, immigration and other areas will define his legacy. These data points show ...
The national debt is about to hit a terrifying number no matter what we do
Elon Musk's DOGE efforts have saved roughly $100 billion. But that's nowhere near enough to bring fiscal sanity and stop the ...
PolitiFact17d
How does the US spend taxpayer money? What to know as DOGE, Elon Musk look for cuts
As Musk and his critics toss around statistics, here are some points to know about how the government spends $6.8 trillion taxpayer money. The largest chunks of the federal budget go toward mandatory ...