There are some very obvious reasons why Portland is facing what’s been put at (for now) a $25 million budget deficit. One of them is the new county library district, which the city estimates will cost ...

Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy said this week that they plan to target billions of dollars in “unauthorized” federal spending as part of their effort to trim waste from the budget. “DOGE will help end ...

Paul Ryan is Washington's top chart man, and, as expected, was flanked by a chart when he presented the House Republican budget Tuesday. But terrifying charts of impending fiscal fears — and in bright ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mike Patton covers the financial markets, economy, and national debt. The federal government’s fiscal year ended September 30, ...

Golden Dome, shipbuilding, warrior ethos: Here’s your primer to start following the Defense Department’s billions. It’s an exclamation-point-inducing, mind-jarringly inconceivable number for most ...

Rachel Reeves’s second Budget as Chancellor has set the UK on a path towards levels of tax, spending and investment not seen for many years, according to the latest economic forecasts. Here the PA ...