The U.S. government posted a lower $173 billion deficit in November as tariffs on imports helped to boost revenues, the ...

Elon Musk's cost-cutting efforts at the Department of Government Efficiency have yet to reduce the federal deficit overall; it more than doubled month on month in February to over $1.1 trillion for FY ...

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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 ...

Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio said on a recent podcast that the U.S. could be headed towards a future "economic heart attack" without government action. He told Bloomberg’s "Odd Lots" ...