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

Recent polling shows that Americans are largely contradictory when it comes to the federal budget. They think the government should spend more on key issues and programs – but less overall.

The United States spends $1 trillion on welfare and medicaid, which can be reduced while still increasing welfare benefits.

The charts and tables below give an in-depth review of the Federal Budget, showing where the money is coming from, where it is going to, and the surplus or deficit. The government fiscal year ...

Washington is racing to strike a budget compromise and raise the nation’s borrowing limit in time to avert a potentially devastating federal default as soon as next week. Lawmakers are making ...

WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress have begun taking their first steps on the long and winding road that constitutes the ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrives in Saudi Arabia on Monday ahead of expected talks with Russian officials aimed at ...

Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency are picking apart federal spending ... are based on information from the Congressional Budget Office, which does nonpartisan analysis for ...