Long a focus of conservatives, the level of public borrowing is starting to concern left-leaning economists. Proposed remedies still differ radically.

The new Department of Government Efficiency can't go after Medicare or Social Security. That leaves Medicaid in a vulnerable position.

From Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 to 2035, nominal spending will grow by 53 percent according to the latest Congressional Budget Office (CBO) baseline. About 83 percent of this increase can be explained by only three parts of the federal budget: Social Security, health care, and net interest on the national debt.

President Trump wants a massive tax cut and immigration crackdown bill. Now Republicans must decide what to cut to help pay for it.

A new forecast from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) reveals the scale of ... will go toward benefits paid by Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. The rest of the budget is essentially ...

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released its latest 10-year budget outlook, which projected the U.S. is on track to break a notable debt record in just four years.

The Trump administration has put a hold on all federal financial grants and loans, affecting tens of billions of dollars in payments.

Republicans on the House Budget Committee are considering more than 200 potential budget cuts, tax breaks, tariffs and changes to programs like Medicare and Social Security in preparation for

As congressional Republicans struggle to keep deficits in check while extending their sweeping 2017 tax cuts, the Congressional Budget Office provided a dour forecast.

Virginia has an opportunity to improve residents’ health by increasing Medicaid payments to primary care physicians, ODU family medicine professor Bob Newman, M.D., writes in a guest column.

Now that Donald Trump is back for a second presidential term, another big political shift will happen simultaneously happen post-inauguration. The Republicans now fully control Congress, which

The Congressional Budget Office says that the amount of federal ... levels will rise as increases in spending on Social Security, Medicare and interest payments outpace growth in revenues.