The perpetual challenge for lawmakers is that although U.S. adults mostly think the government isn't spending enough on key ...

The US federal budget gap widened to a record $840 billion for the first third of the fiscal year, propelled by spending ...

Conservatives who have spent decades promoting deep cuts to government are giving mixed reviews to the Department of ...

The U.S. shrugged when Thomas Jefferson blocked funding for a program he hated. Richard Nixon did the same with programs he ...

The federal government is the nation's largest employer, yet the size of its workforce hasn't kept up with U.S. population growth, experts say.

The buyout is one of many approaches Trump is taking to slash a civilian workforce of 2.3 million that he has blasted as ...

Layoffs cascaded through the federal government on Thursday after its human resources division advised agencies to terminate ...

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimated in a report on Monday that the federal government racked up a deficit of $127 billion last month. The CBO estimated the federal budget deficit ...

Lost amid this week’s panic is the role the government’s dysfunctional budgeting process contributed to the cacophony and ...

Kittery has yet to be reimbursed for over $575,000 amid federal funding freeze. Town leaders concerned about more projects, ...

The Apollo C.E.O. Marc Rowan has championed a model that doesn’t fit within party lines.