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 ...

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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, ...

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 ...

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 ...