WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal budget deficits caused by President Donald Trump’s tax and spending law could trigger automatic ...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. budget deficit in July climbed 20% this fiscal year compared to the last despite the U.S. taking in ...

It’s the equivalent of a new payroll tax or a 17% cut in the size of the military, according to a top think tank.

The Republicans’ “big, beautiful bill” will make the poorest Americans even poorer, while padding the wallets of the highest earners the most, according to an analysis released by Congress’s budget ...

Traditionally, elected officials feared a public backlash if they tried to take from the poor to give to the rich. This year, ...

The supposedly “nonpartisan” Congressional Budget Office (CBO), which provides Congress with cost estimates for its policy proposals, may not be the neutral arbiter it claims to be, a new ...

The Congressional Budget Office projects an explosive rise in federal debt, despite slight improvements in the past year, as the country faces a fiscal reckoning in the coming decades.

Professor Phillip Joyce, author of the book The Congressional Budget Office: Honest Numbers, Power, and Policymaking. Thank you for teaching us about CBO and its work.

The CBO will release its analysis of the GOP Senate health care bill Monday. — -- The Congressional Budget Office will release its first analysis of the Republican Senate health care bill ...

The White House and the Congressional Budget Office are at odds over how much revenue the Internal Revenue Service could recoup from tax cheats. By Jim Tankersley Alan Rappeport and Emily Cochrane ...