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Since Donald Trump returned to the White House in January, the federal deficit has declined by $516 billion on a trailing-12-month basis. Spending is basically flat, but revenue is up a remarkable 8.5 ...

The annual U.S. deficit with Mexico would be the United States’ largest for the first time were it not for the surge of U.S.

The federal government's budget deficit has grown by more than $300 billion in the first five months of fiscal year 2025, according to the latest data. The Treasury Department's latest monthly ...

The Trump-backed budget and spending package making its way through Congress will increase the federal deficit by $2.8 trillion by 2034, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said in a report ...

The federal government's budget deficit was nearly $2 trillion last year and is expected to widen further in future years, with experts warning that the government needs to rein in deficits to ensure ...

Roughly a third of the revenue boom resulted from Trump’s unprecedented, near-universal tariffs on imports. Yet more than half of the revenue increase came from rising wages and realized capital gains ...

Taken in absolute terms at the end of each presidential term, the claim is true. However, while a U.S. president can direct policy and campaign for certain spending priorities and tax reforms, the ...

The US Department of Commerce says the combined goods and services trade deficit stretched to a gargantuan $918.4 billion in 2024. That's a 17% increase compared to 2023, although it's a little ...

In fiscal year 2020, President Donald Trump’s last full fiscal year in office during his first term, the U.S. Department of Agriculture reported a trade deficit of $3.7 billion. The most current data ...

President Donald Trump’s decision to impose broad tariffs on nearly all of the country’s trading partners appears to be an attempt to address his longtime dissatisfaction with the U.S. trade deficit.

The Appleton Area School District is projecting a budget deficit between $7.5 million and $11.5 million for the 2025-26 school year, despite increased state funding for special education. Increased ...