New data from the Treasury Department shows the federal deficit is $318 billion larger in the first five months of fiscal ...

CNN is tracking the chaotic and rapidly evolving firings and layoffs at federal offices in Washington and across the United ...

Data: Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget; Chart: Axios Visuals Both presidential candidates' agendas would add trillions to already-enormous U.S. fiscal deficits over the next decade ...

Data: Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget; Chart: Axios Visuals Former President Trump ran up the national debt by about twice as much as President Biden, according to a new analysis of ...

After cuts in Trump's first term, Biden increased the federal workforce by about 5%, the highest increase in any single term since the 1980s.

Spending figures are projected outlays before any changes to budget authority in the bill. The appropriations process deals with only a portion of all federal spending — often called discretionary.

Washington — The federal government's personnel and budget offices issued a memo to ... to consolidate areas of the agency organization chart that are duplicative; consolidate management layers ...