These charts show you how big the federal budget is
The charts below are based on information from the Congressional Budget Office, which does nonpartisan analysis for Congress.
Where US adults think the government is spending too much, according to new poll
On both sides of the political aisle, very few U.S. adults think the country is spending too much on Social Security and ...
The Daily Signal7d
4 Charts Show Why Congress Must Embrace Spending Restraint
It’s vital for Congress to pair pro-growth tax cuts with pro-growth spending reforms. The federal budget itself needs a ...
The Economist2d
Elon Musk is failing to cut American spending
Compare that with the same period last year under Joe Biden: federal spending back then came to about $26bn a day. Outflows ...
Trump’s spending pause exposes extreme reach of federal government
As the battle over President Trump’s spending pause plays out in the courts, it’s becoming clear just how far Uncle Sam’s ...
Clinton initiative cut over 377K federal jobs in the 1990s. It's not comparable to Trump's effort
Social media posts claimed Donald Trump and Elon Musk had simply "learned from the master" in their attempts to cut ...
Where Trump, Musk and DOGE Have Cut Federal Workers So Far
President Trump and Elon Musk have spent three weeks slashing federal jobs — often in defiance of legal limits — and there ...