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What the data says about U.S. foreign aid
The $71.9 billion in foreign aid that the government spent in fiscal year 2023 works out to 1.2% of that year’s total federal ...
U.S. borrowed $838 billion in first four months of fiscal year, including $127 billion in January, CBO says
The U.S. budget deficit continues to widen, as outlays rise faster than receipts, the Congressional Budget Office said Monday. For the first four months of the fiscal year, the deficit was $838 ...
Dysfunctional U.S. Budget Process Deserves Some Blame For Pause Chaos
Lost amid this week’s panic is the role the government’s dysfunctional budgeting process contributed to the cacophony and ...
Donald Trump Says He Told U.S. Treasury to Stop Making New Pennies, Calling the Coin 'Wasteful'
Donald Trump has declared on his Truth Social platform on Sunday that he wants to cease production of the U.S. penny, writing ...
Why Musk Is So Focused on the Bureau of the Fiscal Service, America’s ‘Checkbook’
Spending power, privacy concerns and conflicts of interest have put the bureau at the center of a political fight.
What we know about Trump's claim that the U.S. planned to spend $50 million on condoms for Gaza
Neither the White House nor any federal agency has provided evidence for a plan to spend $50 million on condoms for Gaza.