budget deficit
Despite DOGE cuts, federal spending rose by $300 billion last fiscal year
President Donald Trump returned to the White House with a promise to slash spending by trillions of dollars and balance the federal budget. But, as the first fiscal year of his second term came to a close, progress had not…
Improper Payments Are Cheating the Taxpayer and Bloating the Federal Budget
Every year, the federal government sends hundreds of billions of dollars to the wrong people—criminals, ineligible recipients, and beneficiaries of bureaucratic errors. In 2024 alone, the federal government admitted to at…
