U.S. federal budgeting has two major categories of spending. The one subject to the most scrutiny is “discretionary” spending, which is the basis of the annual appropriations process. This includes ...

The Trump administration grabbed at the 'power of the purse' in Congress, using a little-known executive action that could ...

Lost amid this week’s panic is the role the government’s dysfunctional budgeting process contributed to the cacophony and ...

This technical note explains how we adjust the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ten-year budget baseline issued in January 2025 to create our CBPP baseline, which we use in our analyses of ...

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Friday launched a sharp attack on Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman over the preparation of the ...

President Trump is considering eliminating FEMA citing inefficiency. States and climate advocates say FEMA needs a fix but it also needs to stay.

The president’s pick for budget chief is on the verge of confirmation amid clashes over a spending freeze and worries about ...

Trump’s early, extraordinary steps pose a direct challenge to a fundamental underpinning of the Constitution: the power of ...

Recent federal budget proposals would shift significant costs, explicitly or implicitly, to states and localities by ...

Richard Stern joins “The Signal Sitdown” to discuss the players, procedures, and policy options on the table for budget ...

The Senate Budget Committee approved Russ Vought’s nomination to be Office of Management and Budget director despite a ...

House Republican leaders recently outlined a timeline for kicking off the procedures for passing budget legislation meant to ...