The school district has faced budget deficits in the scale of tens of millions of dollars over the last several years.

Seattle is facing a tough financial outlook as the city’s budget shortfall has grown larger than originally projected, with ...

All but unnoticed last month, a bipartisan group of legislators introduced a resolution calling for Congress to keep budget deficits at no more than 3% of gross domestic product. Though not enough by ...

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This Pew Research Center analysis examines Americans’ views of problems facing the country. Pew Research Center conducts research to help the public, media and decision-makers understand important ...

The U.S. economy is increasingly propped up by federal deficit spending, which, by one estimate, effectively adds about $15,000 per household to the economy each year. Federal deficit spending became ...

Between tax cuts, the war against Iran, and the Supreme Court ruling against Donald Trump’s tariffs, the federal budget is headed further into the red. How much does that matter? Depends on which ...