Congress is cruising this month on efforts to fund the federal government and prevent a Jan. 30 shutdown, but the toughest ...

The House has passed a bipartisan package of three spending bills that would fund parts of the federal government through ...

Under the topline numbers, congressional appropriators are looking for more information on federal workforce numbers, contracts, telework agreements and more.

Zooming out and looking over the history of the budget back to 2016 shows a more complete picture. The change since Covid is ...

The US Congress is set to avoid another government shutdown later this month by passing compromise bills that would soften ...

This paper studies the critical but underexplored role of subcontracting in shaping the spatial and firm-level effects of federal government spending. Using newly available data on defense subcontract ...

WASHINGTON — The Senate is voting on the first steps to end the 40-day government shutdown Sunday after a group of moderate Democrats agreed to proceed without a guaranteed extension of health care ...

Though the government shutdown has ended, the fight for funding is far from over. Our safe water may be in danger from Trump and Congress’s spending cuts. Though the government shutdown has ended, the ...

Government spending under the Trump administration has increased in 2025, despite a pledge from Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency to drastically cut it, according to new analysis. The ...

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) — formerly run by Elon Musk — ends 2025 with strikingly divergent results around its two primary goals. On one front, government payroll numbers are down ...

The moon is visible behind the U.S. Capitol prior to the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree lighting ceremony on Dec. 2, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) Civic technology ...