Emily Standley Allard on MSN2h
Doge Stimulus Checks: A $1.66 Trillion Promise in a $4 Trillion Deficit—Does the Math Work?
Imagine getting a surprise $5,000 check from the government, all thanks to Elon Musk’s latest brainchild—the Department of ...
US October-February budget deficit hits record $1.147 trillion
The U.S. budget deficit for the first five months of fiscal 2025 hit a record $1.147 trillion, the Treasury Department said ...
Emily Standley Allard on MSN5d
Doge Stimulus Checks: A $1.66 Trillion Promise in a $4 Trillion Deficit—The Math Ain't Mathing
Imagine getting a surprise $5,000 check from the government, all thanks to Elon Musk’s latest brainchild—the Department of ...
Federal budget deficit hits record $1.1T in first 5 months of fiscal year
New data from the Treasury Department shows the federal deficit is $318 billion larger in the first five months of fiscal ...
Money Metals Exchange4d
Fiscal 2025 Budget Deficit Tops $1 Trillion
The federal government ran yet another massive budget deficit in February, pushing the total budget shortfall to over $1 ...
Just The News5d
US deficit sets record with $1.1 trillion in first five months of fiscal year 2025
The new numbers, released Wednesday, showed the deficit between October 2024, and February 2025. The deficit for February ...
U.S. budget deficit surged in February, passing $1 trillion for new year-to-date record
Government spending eased slightly on a monthly basis though it still far outpaced revenues, according to a Treasury ...
The Budget Trick the G.O.P. Might Use to Make a $4 Trillion Tax Cut Look Free
How much does a tax cut cost? It depends what you compare it to.
Readers sound off on the national debt, Dem leadership and state spending priorities
There is a popular misconception among the majority of people. It has to do with which of our political parties is better at ...
Fox Business4d
Federal budget deficit hits record $1.1T in first 5 months of fiscal year
Since fiscal year 2025 began on Oct. 1, the federal budget deficit has totaled a new record of $1.146 trillion, according to Treasury data. Compared with the first five months of fiscal year 2024 ...
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget4d
A $2 Trillion Cut Compared to $86 Trillion in Spending
As we noted before, this $2 trillion spending cut – $1.7 trillion net of the spending increases – would not be the largest ...
High spending pushes Russia's budget deficit to $31.5 bln in Jan-Feb
Soaring government spending pushed Russia's budget deficit to 2.70 trillion roubles ($31.45 billion) in the first two months ...