National security concerns and geopolitical dynamics make defense cuts politically sensitive. When you add up all four of these line items, it’s almost 73% of the overall fiscal budget.

The overriding questions of President Donald Trump’s second term are how dramatically he wants to cut government, and how far he’ll be able to go before the courts or Congress stop him.

WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs has temporarily suspended billions of dollars in planned contract cuts following concerns that the move would hurt critical veterans’ health ...

President Trump said the head of the Environmental Protection Agency is prepared to implement deep staffing and spending cuts as part of the administration's efforts to downsize the executive ...

Alphabet Inc.’s Google on Wednesday cut staffers in its cloud division, according to people familiar with the matter. The reductions affected fewer than 100 people working in sales operations ...

The cuts detailed by the administration would leave few surviving USAID projects for advocates to try to save in what are ongoing court battles with the administration. The Trump administration ...

The United States has dramatically cut the budgets of overseas development and aid programmes, with multiyear contracts pared down by 92 percent, or $54bn, the State Department has said.

But in order to offset those tax cuts, Republicans need to find cuts. One option being seriously considered is to squeeze up to $880 billion from federal programs over 10 years, including Medicaid.

ent Nishimura / Bloomberg via Getty Images Republican leaders are moving to extend the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which could result in a hit to the federal budget of as much as $5.5 trillion ...

The White House told federal agencies to submit plans by March 13 for “large-scale reductions in force,” the first phase of an effort to drastically reduce the size of the US government.

US President Donald Trump’s nominee for the second highest role in the Pentagon has vowed to increase efficiencies in the defence budget by getting the private sector involved in ramping up ...