WASHINGTON (AP) – The federal government enjoyed .1 record $38.7 billion surplus in April as both individual and corporate tax payments rose sharply, the Treasury Department said Thursday. The huge surplus, representing the difference between what the government took in and what it spent last month, helped to reduce the deficit for the first seven months of the fiscal year to $83.3 billion.… Continue reading Record U.S. Surplus of $38.7 Billion in April Helps Cut Fiscal-Year Deficit