I am all for using taxpayer dollars responsibly and efficiently. However, the process described in the proposed rule is all ...

A sharp decline in federal spending knocked 1.15 percentage points off the growth rate in the fourth quarter. Some of this was clearly due to the government shutdown, which will be reversed in the ...

The primary driver of Q4’s anemic GDP growth had been the collapse in federal government expenditures and investment during the shutdown. Overall GDP, including government, trade, and change in ...

Another government shutdown could happen in 2026 if Senate Republicans and Democrats are unable to come to an agreement on the funding budget.

A conservative watchdog says Trump’s much-hyped DOGE cuts are a drop in the bucket compared to America’s ballooning entitlement spending. OpenTheBooks, a conservative fiscal watchdog group, released a ...

Nearly every state will owe the federal government millions under new rules for SNAP payments - States will collectively owe ...

Utilization — not cost growth — continues to accelerate spending, government actuaries said. Rising prescription drug spending, including on GLP-1s, is especially acute.

The federal government partially shut down early Saturday as Congress did not agree on funding for several agencies before the midnight deadline. But this shutdown is likely to be less painful than ...