About 60% of federal spending is mandatory — appropriations are automatic. About 27% is discretionary spending, and about 13% pays federal debt interest. On mandatory spending, more than half is for ...

Cleveland State and other public universities are already considering the changes a controversial higher education bill may ...

DOGE's work is long overdue and fulfills the goals of a handful of frugal members of Congress over the years, writes .

The world’s richest man dominated the agenda of Trump’s first six weeks in office, literally wielding a chainsaw as a symbol for cutting government spending. Musk bragged about feeding the U.S ...

The stopgap funding Bill also only applies to discretionary spending and not mandatory spending for Social Security retirement payments and the Medicare and Medicaid government healthcare programmes.

Congressional negotiators have released a bill that, if passed, will avert a partial government shutdown during the first 100 days of President Donald Trump's term. The 99-page legislation would ...

"Discretionary spending" refers to dollars allocated by Congress on an annual basis, rather than mandatory spending obligations like Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. The bill is what's ...

Defense accounts for 13% of federal spending, ranking third behind mandatory spending on health care coverage such as Medicare (24%) and Social Security (21%), according to the Center on Budget ...

The House of Representatives last week passed a Republican budget proposal that calls for $2 trillion in spending cuts. This includes at least $880 billion in mandatory spending cuts on programs ...