How to fix the US budget

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Over a year, the federal deficit — the gap between what the U.S. government spends and what it earns — has doubled, to nearly $2 trillion.

That figure seems to validate the worries of congressional Republicans about government spending, which have been at the center of t ...

As the U.S. government moves closer to a shutdown, we hear what that means for the economy, federal workers and families across the country. 

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Congress must agree to a short-term funding bill before an Oct. 1 shutdown, whi ...

Top White House officials and Republican lawmakers are racing to reach an agreement as the date when the United States is projected to default on its debt approaches.

Jim Tankersley, who covers the White House for The New York Times, looks at the state of the negotiation ...

A showdown between House Republicans and their leader, Speaker Kevin McCarthy, is heading toward a government shutdown.

Carl Hulse, chief Washington correspondent for The Times, explains the causes and consequences of the looming crisis.

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