US budget deficit hits $284 billion in October; report impacted by shutdown

The U.S. government posted a higher $284 billion deficit for October in a report delayed and impacted by the recent federal ...

US Kicks Off Fiscal Year With $284 Billion Deficit Amid Shutdown

The US kicked off the 2026 fiscal year with a $284 billion budget deficit last month, underscoring the Trump administration’s challenge in attempting to dramatically shrink federal borrowing needs in ...

CBO Slashes US Budget Tariff-Savings Estimate by $1 Trillion

The Congressional Budget Office slashed its estimate of longer-term US fiscal savings from President Donald Trump’s tariff ...
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Democrats oppose idea of a constitutional balanced budget amendment

In light of the nation’s $38 trillion national debt, U.S. House lawmakers met Wednesday to discuss ways to structure a ...

Map Shows US Cities With the Highest and Lowest Holiday Budgets

According to a recent analysis by the personal finance website WalletHub, which examined over 550 U.S. cities, the amount one ...

On Dec. 1, ask us anything about the county budget on Reddit

The Register will hold a Q&A on Reddit with Orange County’s CEO, CFO and finance director to answer questions about how the ...

Utah budget ‘tighter’ after Trump cuts, but still room for state employee raise, Gov. Cox says

Trump signed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” into law in July, a federal budget bill that made tax cuts originally passed in ...