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CBO Finds 2027 Budget Shifts Trillions From Nondefense to Defense
Over 2027 through 2036, the request would add $2.4 trillion in defense discretionary outlays and cut $2.6 trillion in nondefense discretionary spending.
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CBO Projects U.S. Population Will Reach 364 Million in 2056 as the Country Ages
The office expects the ratio of people ages 25–64 to those 65 and older to fall from 2.7 to 2.2 over three decades.
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Coast Guard Reported $448 Million in Cleanup Liabilities, GAO Says
Auditors said the service has not told Congress about potential additional costs, including PFAS exposure that could add hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Federal Deficit Reached $1.8 Trillion Through July, CBO Estimates
The shortfall for the first 10 months of fiscal 2026 was $169 billion larger than a year earlier as outlays grew faster than revenues.
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Federal Courts Sentenced 7,245 People Under Section 922(g) in 2025
The Sentencing Commission says 89% of the cases involved a prior felony conviction and the average sentence was 63 months.
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GAO Sets a Three-Step Test for Whether Federal Programs Work
The watchdog says agencies need measurable goals, relevant data and routine use of results to judge programs that collectively spend trillions of dollars each year.
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GAO Says Financial Regulators Are Still Building Joint Data Standards
The Financial Data Transparency Act could reduce duplicate reporting, but agencies must first finish shared standards, modernize systems and write their own implementation rules.
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GAO Sets Four-Pillar Test for U.S. AI Standing
The method asks analysts to assess science and technology, human capital, governance and the economy before ranking the United States against peers.
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GAO Finds Overlapping Reporting Duties in 80 Cybersecurity Regulations
The watchdog identified 117 rules from 37 agencies across nine critical-infrastructure sectors and said roughly 70% shared a reporting type with another rule.
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State Reported Nearly One-Third of International Commitments Late, GAO Finds
GAO reviewed 311 commitments and found recurring delays, fragmented public access and incomplete procedures under the amended Case-Zablocki Act.