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 the Federal Procurement Data System by Deltek in mid ...

With Democrats objecting to the package's funding of DHS, the government is speeding toward another shutdown

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 world’s richest man, who dramatically exited the White ...

The Federal Government publishes the spending and revenue numbers on a monthly basis. Looking at the average monthly deficit, both October and December were much larger than average, with November coming in slightly below. Interest Expense has ballooned ...

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 subsidies, angering many in their caucus who wanted to ...

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 this year by about 9%, from 3.015 million federal ...

The House of Representatives passed a government funding package to end the partial shutdown over DHS reforms.

The Senate voted to separate out extended funding for the Department of Homeland Security after reaching a deal with the White House to put that off for two weeks to negotiate Democratic demands for restrictions on Immigration and Customs Enforcement,