The federal government will spend nearly $4 trillion this fiscal year. Health care and federal pensions are the largest items, consuming over 50% of the budget! In this article, we will look at ...

As the Chart Book shows, federal spending per household has grown faster under the George W. Bush Administration than under any administration since Nixon's and Ford's. (See Chart S-4.) ...

On a budget. Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency are picking apart federal spending, trying to find areas of waste. Here’s a look at where all the money goes.

Coordinating the federal climate science budget. Climate science is not consolidated in one federal agency. Instead, it is distributed across nearly 20 agencies—9 of which were in the USGCRP FY ...

A chart compares daily cumulative federal spending by day in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, through March 26 of each year. Federal spending is higher this year than it was at this point in 2024.

On a budget. Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency are picking apart federal spending, trying to find areas of waste. Here’s a look at where all the money goes. The charts below are ...

The charts below are based on information from the Congressional Budget Office, which does nonpartisan analysis for Congress. The totals are based on fiscal year 2023.