“S PAIN is very low,” Donald Trump said last month, referring to the country’s defence spending. For once, he was correct ...

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

DOGE operatives claim that mass layoffs are necessary to prevent the U.S. government from going bankrupt. Let’s do the math.

Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency are picking apart federal spending ... The charts below are based on information from the Congressional Budget Office, which does nonpartisan ...

Europe's major increase in defence spending is set to boost growth but beware of mitigating factors. Even with looser fiscal rules from Brussels, financing remains a challenge for countries with high ...

Public broadcasting’s lobbyists and their television and radio clients huddled in a Washington hotel this week to chart an ...

As mentioned to several Sunday Brief followers this week, if you had told us that 2025 would begin with a nearly $800 billion gap in market value creation between the Fab Five and the Telco Top Five, ...

The Chancellor’s Spring Statement, due on March 26, was meant to be a non-event – part of Rachel Reeves’ commitment to ...

The breakdown is shown in the following chart. That said, in the “mandatory” spending part of the budget, there are a number of relatively modest changes that could have big impacts.

Transportation finance nerds, rejoice! The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office updated its presentation, Public Spending ...