U.S. President Donald Trump has proposed a $1.5 trillion military budget for the fiscal year 2027, which would increase by 44 percent the acknowledged budget for 2026. While a roughly $500 billion ...

The sheer lack of ideas in the Trump 2026 budget proposal, as described by USAFacts.org is astonishing. The sheer lack of talent and anything approaching realism in governance is worse. The cuts are ...

A general view as day breaks over the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 18, 2025. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst WASHINGTON, Feb 11 (Reuters) - The U.S. budget deficit will grow slightly in ...

The U.S. budget deficit for May fell $23 billion or 7% ‌to $293 billion due largely to prior-year calendar shifts in benefit ...

One look at the US budget proposals for 2026 would make a grade school teacher wince. It’s a mess in every possible way. Defense is the big winner; everything else is cut back hard. “An 83.7% cut to ...

War costs rise as the deficit deepens. Fiscal gauges flash pandemic‑era stress. No credible deficit plan from Washington yet. The US budget deficit was already on shaky ground before the Iran war, and ...