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National security fears and the presidential election have dominated the political discourse over the past year, but that uptick marks a sharp increase from the 2015 fiscal year, when the deficit fell to $439 billion. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

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Budget office: Deficit jumps to $590 billion

August 5, 2016 9:29 pm

Here are four graphs that show just how doomed the federal budget is if Congress and the president don't do anything about it. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Why the federal budget is doomed, in 4 graphs

Jason Russell -

July 12, 2016 8:09 pm

Freedom Partners, a group that advocates free-market policies and has been linked to the billionaire brothers who run Koch Industries, estimated that the gross federal debt will be nearly a quarter higher in 2040 than the Congressional Budget Office estimated earlier Tuesday. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Economy

Koch-linked group argues debt is rising faster than feds estimate

Joseph Lawler -

July 12, 2016 7:45 pm

The record high for federal debt held by the public was set at 106 percent of output in 1945, after the run-up in defense spending for the military effort in World War II. (Scott Eells/Bloomberg, File)

Economy

Federal debt headed toward all-time record, budget office says

Joseph Lawler -

July 12, 2016 2:01 pm

Revenue climbed 1 percent in the first three-quarters of the fiscal year, but spending rose 4 percent. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Economy

Budget office: Deficit up $81 billion in nine months

Joseph Lawler -

July 8, 2016 8:50 pm

The goal is still less than half of the 21 million the CBO originally projected would be enrolled in 2016. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Healthcare

Paid Obamacare enrollment hits 11 million

Robert King -

July 1, 2016 2:19 pm

Economy

Moody’s: Trump plans would pitch U.S. into recession

Joseph Lawler -

June 20, 2016 3:53 pm

One thing breathing eternal life into government programs is

Op-Eds

Congress should rein in unauthorized appropriations

Christine Harbin -

June 15, 2016 4:03 am

On Friday,the Treasury Department releases federal budget data for May. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Economy

Feds posts $53 billion deficit in May

Joseph Lawler -

June 10, 2016 6:36 pm

Taking into account the faster economic growth, the nonpartisan agency calculated that Obama's plans would reduce federal deficits by $2.4 trillion over the next 10 years, relative to current baseline projections for $9.2 trillion deficits in total. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Economy

Obama budget would grow economy through immigration, CBO says

Joseph Lawler -

June 6, 2016 7:44 pm

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Budget office: Deficit jumps to $590 billion

Why the federal budget is doomed, in 4 graphs

Koch-linked group argues debt is rising faster than feds estimate

Federal debt headed toward all-time record, budget office says

Budget office: Deficit up $81 billion in nine months

Paid Obamacare enrollment hits 11 million

Moody’s: Trump plans would pitch U.S. into recession

Congress should rein in unauthorized appropriations

Feds posts $53 billion deficit in May

Obama budget would grow economy through immigration, CBO says

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