The national debt continues to rise at a breakneck pace, with Americans bearing a greater and greater debt burden. The ...

Long a focus of conservatives, the level of public borrowing is starting to concern left-leaning economists. Proposed ...

The U.S. national debt is projected to surge by $23.9 trillion over the next decade, according to the Congressional Budget ...

Republicans have leveraged the debt ceiling for years to block Democrats’ agenda. Now liberals see an opening to stymy Trump.

Too much government debt is harmful to an economy and its citizens. Will Trump and Musk be able to restore fiscal sanity in Washington?

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, the U.S. government’s fiscal health is bleak, with debt and deficits ...

U.S. federal budgeting has two major categories of spending. The one subject to the most scrutiny is “discretionary” spending, which is the basis of the annual appropriations process. This includes ...

The national debt surpassed $35 trillion for the first ... the federal deficit is expected to reach nearly $2 trillion this year in a newly released update to 10-year budget estimates.

Tech billionaire Mark Cuban floated the idea of emulating President Trump by launching his own meme coin, with all revenue ...

The gigantic national debt is finally starting to spook financial markets. That could hamstring Trump's economic agenda.