U.S. Federal Budgets & Deficits

By failing to invest in its own people, the United States shows the world the shakiness of the foundations of its power.

The Pentagon’s warfighting commands have sent billions in wish lists to Congress. Some lawmakers want to give them a lump of coal.

Republican lawmakers say it’s dead on arrival.

Despite Washington’s about-face on Western Sahara, the erstwhile darling of U.S. policy circles is more isolated than ever.

Rich countries’ pandemic policies are sucking growth and capital out of the developing world.

We asked leading economists and thinkers to define the post-pandemic age.

Corporations and the wealthy have stashed away as much as $36 trillion in untaxed money. It's time to bring the hammer down.

As U.S. federal spending surges amid the coronavirus pandemic, it’s time to trim the real fat.

Washington wants to stop the Palestinian Authority from incentivizing violence. But if it's not careful, it could push the region further into chaos.

Critics charge top U.S. diplomat with giving the green light to perpetrators of mass atrocities.

The U.S. envoy to the U.N. concedes that American foreign policy is unpredictable, and that's OK.

America still does.

On militarism, exhaustion, and decadence.

If you care about national security or the war on terrorism, why would you cut the nuclear nonproliferation budget?

The White House also targets hundreds of millions in funding for U.N. programs for children and the poor.

The president-elect’s economic plan is a ticket to debtor’s prison.

Washington has kicked any semblance of defense budget discipline to the curb.

Republican dysfunction returns, just in time for another budget fight.

Why the Republican-dominated Congress isn’t going to pass the appropriations bills we need to actually run the government.