National debt interest and entitlement spending push FY2026 federal budget deficit toward $2 trillion

Federal spending on national debt interest, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid drives the budget deficit $35 billion ...

Deficit nears $1.4 trillion in fiscal year 2026

The federal budget deficit totaled $1.37 trillion in the first nine months of the current fiscal year, according to the ...
Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget

12-Month Rolling Deficit is $1.8 Trillion in June 2026

The federal government has borrowed $1.8 trillion over the past 12 months based on the latest estimates from the Co ...
Committee for a Responsible Federal BudgetOpinion

CBO Estimates FY 2026 Deficit Overtakes 2025, Totals $1.4 Trillion

The United States borrowed $1.4 trillion in the first nine months of Fiscal Year (FY) 2026, including $126 billion in June, ...

US May trade deficit widens as capital goods imports hit record high

The U.S. trade deficit widened sharply in May as imports of capital goods surged to a record high, suggesting that trade remained a drag on gross domestic product in the second quarter.

The One Big Beautiful Bill will add more than $3 trln to US deficits

Note: Estimated budgetary effects of an amendment in the nature of a substitute to H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act ...