Presidents from both parties, including Trump, have let the budget grow and grow. The White House is trying to make changes on its own.

A coalition of Democratic state attorneys general announced legal action against the White House budget office Tuesday over its directive to freeze federal assistance while reviewing whether

A coalition of states, including New York, California, Illinois, New Jersey, Rhode Island and Massachusetts, are expected to file the challenge later on Tuesday in the Southern District of New York.

The pause takes effect at 5 p.m., and agencies have been instructed to provide OMB “detailed information” on affected programs by Feb. 10. The states’ lawsuit — which will also be joined by the attorneys general of at least three other states — will request an immediate court order to block OMB’s freeze.

Senate Democrats are demanding that Republicans postpone a vote scheduled for Thursday on Russell Vought, President Trump’s nominee to head the Office of Management and Budget, after the budget

The full extent of the order was not immediately clear, but the directive sent to government agencies on Monday threatened to paralyze a vast swath of federal programs.

The United States is set to see its debt level swell to a record over the coming decade, the Congressional Budget Office said Friday, days before President-elect Donald Trump takes office.

As congressional Republicans struggle to keep deficits in check while extending their sweeping 2017 tax cuts, the Congressional Budget Office provided a dour forecast.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released its latest 10-year budget outlook, which projected the U.S. is on track to break a notable debt record in just four years.

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, the U.S. government’s fiscal health is bleak, with debt and deficits set to reach record levels.

The Congressional Budget Office has shrunk its projections for ... The budget office last year projected 383 million people living in the United States in 30 years but reduced that figure by ...

A federal judge has temporarily blocked a Trump administration freeze on federal grants and loans that could total trillions of dollars.