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 ...

There is a long, bipartisan history of attempts to rein in spending and address concerns about government inefficiencies, ...

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 ...

Congress could save billions by closing federal budget “loopholes” that have cost taxpayers more than $300 billion, a ...

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 ...

Michigan senators once again overwhelmingly advanced a set of policies to extend the state’s Freedom of Information Act to ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson said he was aiming to have a blueprint for a budget soon.

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