by Ben Zeisloft, Daily Wire:

Higher spending and lower revenue intake produced a $1.1 trillion budget deficit in the first six months of fiscal year 2023, according to a report released Monday by the Congressional Budget Office.

The federal government spent $3.1 trillion and received $2.0 trillion between October 2022 and March 2023, marking a 13% increase from the $2.8 trillion spent and a 3% decrease from the $2.1 trillion received during the same period in fiscal year 2022.