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CBO Says the 2026 Defense Request Reached $961 Billion
The request included $113 billion from the 2025 reconciliation law, and CBO says the funding mix makes enduring costs harder to project.
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CBO’s Two Cost Methods Differ by $67.2 Billion for 2027 Federal Credit
The budget method projects $15.3 billion in lifetime savings, while a fair-value method that accounts for market risk projects a $51.9 billion cost.
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Federal Deficit Reached $1.4 Trillion Through June, CBO Estimates
Revenues rose 4% in the first nine months of fiscal 2026, but a 3% increase in outlays left the cumulative deficit $35 billion above the prior-year period.
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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 Doubts a One-Time Wealth Tax Could Secure Social Security for 75 Years
The agency compared a $30.3 trillion projected OASI shortfall with $55 trillion in top-1% wealth, warning that design and behavior would sharply reduce collections.
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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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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 Excise Taxes Raised $106 Billion, Mostly From Four Sources
CBO says highway, aviation, tobacco and alcohol, and stock-buyback taxes produced 88% of 2025 receipts.
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Federal Health Insurance Subsidies Projected at $33.6 Trillion
CBO expects annual support to reach 8.4% of GDP by 2036 while the uninsured population rises from 30 million to 37 million.
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CBO Says H.R. 143 Would Change Budget Rules, Not Spending Immediately
The bill would reduce budget-resolution levels for long-unauthorized programs, but CBO says appropriations decisions still control actual spending.