The Capitol Building in Washington on Sept. 1, 2025. Congress faces a deadline within weeks to fund the federal government ...

The CBO said the federal deficit hit $2 trillion in the first 11 months of FY2025, driven by higher Social Security and Medicare costs as well as interest expenses despite tariffs.

It’s an issue affecting everyone from schools to cities, counties and even state governments: When it comes to federal funding, nobody knows what the future looks like. “It’s going to be really, ...

The committee will discuss the impacts of the budget bill passed by Congress, as well as policies of President Donald Trump.

The Trump administration has pushed a significant amount of health costs to states, whose budgets may already be strained by ...

On Saturday, state, local and federal lawmakers met at the Santa Clara County government center for a community meeting to talk about the coming impacts of the "big, beautiful bill." ...

State lawmakers are meeting to address a nearly $800 million budget shortfall. Most other states weren’t hit so hard or as ...

Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York state lawmakers are being urged to convene a special legislative session – with plenty of big ...

When Elon Musk announced last October that he would cut $2 trillion from the federal budget by creating the Department of ...

When the dust settled on Capitol Hill and the One Big Beautiful Bill finally passed, most federal benefits emerged unscathed.