How DOGE can cut $2 trillion from the federal budget each year
Elon Musk, the head of President-elect Donald Trump’s government-shrinking initiative, DOGE, said he would cut “at least $2 ...
Budget overhaul could cut deep in Trump country
Trump has proposed big cuts to the federal budget, but any significant reductions could have an outsized impact in states ...
US budget deficit climbs to $367 billion in November on calendar payment shifts
The U.S. government posted a $367 billion budget deficit for November, up 17% from a year earlier, as calendar adjustments ...
House passes nearly $1 trillion defense spending bill, adding to US debt of $36 trillion
The U.S. House passed a mostly bipartisan bill to spend nearly $1 trillion on national defense, adding to the already growing ...
Federal Government Has 'Grown Too Big, Promised Too Much, Subsidized Too Many,' Warns Former GAO Boss
This week's House Budget Committee hearing showed bipartisan agreement about the seriousness of America's fiscal problems.
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Economists tout tax changes as a way to help federal budget woes
A new report from the Penn Wharton Budget Model argues that the federal debt can be slashed without sacrificing economic ...
Powell: 'US federal budget on unstable path'
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned Wednesday that the U.S. is on an “unsustainable” fiscal path and called for a ...
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House, Senate Democrats urge Biden to bump civilian federal pay raise up to 4.5%
Lawmakers called for a 4.5% federal pay raise to align with the military’s expected 2025 raise. Currently, civilian feds are ...
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Musk’s Slashing of the Federal Budget Faces Big Hurdles
The so-called Department of Government Efficiency, with Elon Musk as co-leader, has advantages that past budget-cutters did ... the next president of the United States. Crash Course in Trumpworld ...