US federal budget deficit jumps 12% in one year to nearly $2 Trillion(finance.yahoo.com)
74 points by ck2 | 59 comments
Yahoo Finance article reporting that the US federal budget deficit for fiscal 2026 came in at about $1.992 trillion.
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Classified Estimates Show the NSA Is Paying Billions to Test AI Models(washingtonsun.com)
151 points by rdmuser | 79 comments
Washington Sun news article reporting that classified estimates show the NSA is spending billions of dollars to test AI models, more than previously known.
DOGE's only public ledger is riddled with mistakes(nytimes.com)
922 points by belter | 1175 comments
New York Times Upshot article reporting that DOGE's public ledger of claimed government savings contains numerous errors; the page loaded a captcha instead.