For the fiscal year to date, the deficit totaled $1.004 trillion, about 12% lower than the comparable period in 2025.

Federal budget deficit reached $1 trillion in five months through February 2026 as tax revenue jumped $206 billion due to ...

In the past year, tariffs were, at least partly, responsible for 166,000 lost blue-collar jobs and $1,700 in annual increased ...

The impact of the Supreme Court ruling striking down President Trump’s tariffs should be seen in the coming deficit report.

Our national debt is a spending problem, not a revenue problem. Tax hikes alone can’t solve the problem—and they might even make it worse, Adam Michel writes in a guest commentary.

The budget deficit narrowed in February at a slower pace than the previous month as US tariff revenue started to slow from the peak rate hit late last year.

An avenue has opened that would nearly close Nebraska’s projected budget deficit, but it will require the state Legislature to approve a slate of revenue-generating bills and a collection ...

Wherever you look in American politics right now, you'll find legislators saying the government still doesn't tax ...