By David Lawder (Reuters) -The U.S. government posted a higher $284 billion deficit for October in a report delayed and ...

US deficit rises as entitlement and debt costs soar, despite higher tariffs. Learn why reform is crucial for fiscal stability ...

We're continuing to track the big tax and spending bill winding its way through Congress, which would add $2.4 trillion to the U.S. government deficit over 10 years, according to the nonpartisan ...

Federal figures show only a slight deficit drop from last year, and the gap grew during Trump’s time in office ...

WASHINGTON -- The federal government is on track to end fiscal 2025 with its third-largest deficit on record, based on Treasury Department data released Thursday. The agency reported the United States ...

Republicans claim to be fiscal conservatives. That may have been true at one time, but that hasn’t been so for decades. The change began in the 1970s, when Jude Wanniski came up with the “two Santas” ...

In the world’s biggest bond market, investors are pushing back against President Donald Trump’s tax-cut plan. On Wednesday, they drove yields on benchmark 30-year Treasuries to as high as 5.1%, ...

The Trump administration and Congress have struggled mightily to pass a budget bill that could stop the flow of red ink. At the same time, 42 million former students are now required to start paying ...