COMING SOON,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth posted on X last month, “the first TRILLION dollar @DeptofDefense budget.” Thank ...

while revenues as a percent of GDP were close to their historic average (see chart) The main concern is that the federal budget deficit has swelled. It exceeded 6% of GDP in 2024, roughly twice ...

Relief following the tariff war de-escalation looks set to be quickly replaced by government budget tensions. Alarms are ...

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy said this week that they plan to target billions of dollars in “unauthorized” federal spending as part ... As the chart below shows, veterans’ healthcare ...

We explore what federal government spends its money on. By German Lopez and Ashley Wu Discussions about federal spending are difficult ... as a share of G.D.P. A chart shows federal debt as ...

Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency are picking apart federal spending, trying to find areas of waste. Here’s a look at where all the money goes. The charts below are based on ...