The budget office has not released estimates of debt, deficits, economic growth or other traditional metrics, breaking ...

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

President Trump's budget proposal would cut 22% of non-defense discretionary ... spending on things like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid continue to be the biggest drivers of the federal ...

(TNND) — The White House sent Congress its 2026 "skinny budget" that it says will pump up defense spending ... s discretionary budget request substantially addresses those big drivers of federal ...

October and November were massive deficit months followed up by a modest December. On average, all three months were way worse than history. While 2024 was a record revenue year, it was also a ...

Vought said the cuts would generate trillions of dollars necessary for balancing the federal government’s overall budget. “Cutting such spending from the discretionary budget leads to ...

Understanding the Federal Budget Expenses listed in the budget are classified as either mandatory or discretionary spending. Mandatory spending is stipulated by law and includes entitlement ...

YEAH. SO THAT’S ALSO A SORT OF TRICKY BECAUSE DISCRETIONARY SPENDING IS ABOUT A QUARTER OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET. AND THEN HALF OF THAT QUARTER IS FOR DEFENSE. AND THE PRESIDENT HAS SAID HE WANTS ...

The name can mean different things to different people, but for federal budget ... is made clear in the budget, where entitlement spending is separate from discretionary spending.

President Trump's budget proposal would cut 22% of non-defense discretionary ... spending on things like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid continue to be the biggest drivers of the federal ...