The charts below are based on information from the Congressional Budget Office, which does nonpartisan analysis for Congress.

Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency has doubled its budget from $6.75 million to about $14.4 million just weeks ...

Uncertainty in federal funding under President Donald Trump's administration has made a tough state budget season even more ...

Conservatives who have spent decades promoting deep cuts to government are giving mixed reviews to the Department of ...

For all the whiz-bang rhetoric, DOGE reflects an ancient right-wing belief that even good government is wasteful and its ...

Speaking to reporters for the first time since he took charge of the Trump administration's cost-cutting initiative, Elon ...

There’s understandable confusion over Capitol Hill lingo discussing the budget process and appropriations/spending process — ...

The federal government is the nation's largest employer, yet the size of its workforce hasn't kept up with U.S. population growth, experts say.

Some who received layoff notices had already accepted the administration’s deferred resignation offer, under which they were ...

In Huntsville, a city fueled by defense and aerospace, there is anxiety but also cautious optimism that federal investment ...

North Carolina State University leaders told college deans, vice provosts and senior vice provosts on Friday that the ...

Federal workers were responding with anger and confusion Friday as they grappled with the Trump administration’s latest effort to shrink the size of the federal workforce by ordering agencies to lay o ...