The United States Treasury confirmed Wednesday that the federal budget deficit for May hit $316 billion, placing it among the ...

Internal dissent among federal employees is coming to the surface as President Donald Trump’s budget chief aims to rebalance ...

“Our fiscal situation” meaning: How much more in debt is the federal government going to get. This is because when the ...

News about the U.S. federal budget, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

WASHINGTON, May 2 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Friday proposed a $163 billion cut to the federal budget that would sharply reduce spending on education, housing and ...

These are bills that reverse promised spending. Finally, the President’s use of executive orders and the actions of Elon Musk’s budget-cutters have frozen or cut other programs. If enacted, many of ...

Take our quiz and test your own understanding of the trends and proportions behind the U.S. federal budget. Check Yourself The Post partnered with Gapminder, a Swedish nonprofit, to survey 600 ...

Late last week the Trump Administration released its detailed budget request for fiscal year 2026 —a request that, if enacted, would be the equivalent of carpet-bombing the national scientific ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's administration on Friday proposed a $163 billion cut to the federal budget that would sharply reduce spending on education, housing and medical research next year ...