By Casey Harper | The Center Square
The federal deficit so far this fiscal year has already hit $1.5 trillion, the U.S. Treasury Department reported in its monthly fiscal update.
The federal data comes just days after the national debt surpassed $35 trillion, an unprecedented figure that worries economists and budget analysts.
For now, though, neither Republicans nor Democrats have prioritized getting the deficit under control or showed unity in putting a plan forward to do so.