Federal workforce shrinks 12% as President Donald Trump's efficiency push takes effect, data shows, with thousands of government employees having left since September 2024. Social Security benefits ...

Despite promises of massive cuts from a new efficiency department, U.S. government spending continued to rise in fiscal year ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Ala., addresses Commissioner of the Social Security Administration Martin O'Malley ...

The 20 largest civilian federal agencies collectively spent 63% less money in October 2025 — during the government shutdown — compared to October 2024, according to reported spending data pulled from ...

In October 2024, Treasury secretary Janet Yellen addressed the Council on Foreign Relations to tout the Biden administration’s “modern supply-side economics.” She argued that more government spending ...

Republicans are proposing a straight extension of government spending, while Democrats are demanding the addition of over $1 trillion for health programs. By Megan Mineiro Reporting from the Capitol ...

NEW ORLEANS, La.—Although they received millions of taxpayer dollars, it can be hard to find the offices of health service ...

The federal government has a spending problem, not a revenue problem. In recent months, the Department of Government Efficiency has identified significant waste, fraud, and abuse in the federal ...

NEW YORK, Feb 25 (Reuters) - Global debt climbed to a record $348 trillion at the end of ⁠2025, ⁠after nearly $29 trillion was added over the year ⁠in the fastest yearly build-up since the pandemic ...