It is essential to weigh the report’s recommendations not only for their technical merit but also for their political feasibility and fiscal viability.

The Trump administration says government spending is slowing in ways that will help shrink the nation's massive deficit, according to new analysis by Treasury Department officials. The big picture: The analysis shows that government outlays in the just-completed quarter were negative compared to the prior year.

The 2025 federal government shutdown, in the first year of Trump's second term, is one of the longest in U.S. history.

By David Morgan WASHINGTON (Reuters) -As Republican and Democratic lawmakers trade blame for the U.S. government shutdown, some have begun to worry that the impasse is ceding their authority over federal spending to an increasingly assertive President Donald Trump.

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The report says lost goods and services from furloughed workers’ downtime won’t be regained once the government reopens.

New data shows ICE, DHS spent nearly $10 million on ads promoting deportation and recruitment — even as the shutdown furloughs thousands.

America's debt and spending are up despite DOGE and increased tariff revenue. Entitlement programs cuts are needed if we want to avoid more pain later.

The claim originated with Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, who repeatedly pinned blame for the shutdown on Democrats.

Over the last decade Medicaid spending has risen at a rate of 8.8% a year — about double what the state government is allowed to spend under the Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights, according to the governor’s office.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) has resisted calls for smaller, separate spending bills after Schumer and his party voted 13 times to deny all federal funding and keep the government shut