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Doge Stimulus Checks: A $1.66 Trillion Promise in a $4 Trillion Deficit—Does the Math Work?
Imagine getting a surprise $5,000 check from the government, all thanks to Elon Musk’s latest brainchild—the Department of ...
US October-February budget deficit hits record $1.147 trillion
The U.S. budget deficit for the first five months of fiscal 2025 hit a record $1.147 trillion, the Treasury Department said ...
U.S. Deficit Hits a Record $1.15 Trillion Over 5 Months
Data disclosed by the Treasury Department showed an adjusted gap between federal spending and revenue of $1.063 trillion for ...
Federal budget deficit hits record $1.1T in first 5 months of fiscal year
New data from the Treasury Department shows the federal deficit is $318 billion larger in the first five months of fiscal ...
Rebuttal: Government doesn't need DOGE to fight health care waste | Letters
Readers take issue with columnists who see some good in DOGE cost-cutting. Letters reflect the views of individual readers.
Money Metals Exchange6d
Fiscal 2025 Budget Deficit Tops $1 Trillion
The federal government ran yet another massive budget deficit in February, pushing the total budget shortfall to over $1 ...
What’s up with the $5,000 DOGE stimulus checks?
The Department of Government Efficiency has floated the idea of stimulus payments based on how much the department "saves" ...
Just The News6d
US deficit sets record with $1.1 trillion in first five months of fiscal year 2025
The new numbers, released Wednesday, showed the deficit between October 2024, and February 2025. The deficit for February ...
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget6d
A $2 Trillion Cut Compared to $86 Trillion in Spending
As we noted before, this $2 trillion spending cut – $1.7 trillion net of the spending increases – would not be the largest ...
Trump’s Tariffs Are Aimed at a Trade Deficit Driven by Popular Goods
Trump wants to reduce the $1.2 trillion trade deficit, so he’s putting tariffs on popular imported goods from smartphones to ...
The Budget Trick the G.O.P. Might Use to Make a $4 Trillion Tax Cut Look Free
How much does a tax cut cost? It depends what you compare it to.
Fox Business5d
Federal budget deficit hits record $1.1T in first 5 months of fiscal year
Since fiscal year 2025 began on Oct. 1, the federal budget deficit has totaled a new record of $1.146 trillion, according to Treasury data. Compared with the first five months of fiscal year 2024 ...