Milwaukee bus drivers have rejected a new contract proposed by the Milwaukee County Transit System and their union, the ...

The US government posted a $1.695 trillion budget deficit in fiscal 2023, a 23% jump from the prior year as revenues fell and outlays for Social Security, Medicare and record-high interest costs ...

The U.S. budget deficit surged past the $1 trillion mark in February, less than six months into fiscal year 2025. According to the Department of the Treasury, the federal government so far has ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. budget deficit has grown to more than $1.3 trillion in the first half of the 2025 fiscal year — the second highest six-month deficit on record, according to Treasury ...

During fiscal year 2022, the US budget deficit was slashed in half, falling to under $1.4 trillion, amid a winding down of pandemic-related spending and a jump in revenue from the surging economic ...

The U.S. federal budget deficit is expected to nearly double this year, growing to $2 trillion as a result of higher interest rates and lower tax revenue.

The U.S. budget deficit surged to a record of $1.9 trillion for the first seven months of this budget year, bloated by the billions of dollars being spent in coronavirus relief packages. The ...

The U.S. federal deficit totaled $2.8 trillion during the 2021 fiscal year, marking the second-highest budgetary shortfall on record, but a slight improvement from the previous year as the economy ...

US Budget Deficit Hits $2.77 Trillion in 2021, 2nd Highest As a percentage of the overall economy, the 2021 deficit represents 12.4% of GDP, down from the 2020 deficit, which was 15% of GDP ...

The U.S. budget deficit surged past the $1 trillion mark in February, less than six months into fiscal year 2025. According to the Department of the Treasury, the federal government so far has ...