When the government shut down for a few weeks in October 2013, then-President Barack Obama made sure to blame conservative Republicans for refusing to pass any short-term spending bill that included ...

A new report shows that federal spending has ballooned for more than a century, raising questions about whether Americans are getting meaningful value for the ever-expanding price tag.

Despite a change in presidential administrations and a host of new initiatives under President Donald Trump, including the cost-cutting Department of Government Efficiency, the federal government ...