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

Rising deficits and interest costs impede economic growth and undermine global trust in the dollar.

Whoever wins the race to take the helm of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) this Saturday is poised to inherit one of the most challenging and potentially thankless jobs in Washington as ...

La., said Tuesday that Congress must finally stop kicking the can down the road, where federal spending is concerned.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) in a Tuesday interview with The Hill’s Emily Brooks floated the possibility of working with ...

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

Forty-nine House Republicans and a dozen senators have never voted for a law to raise the debt limit, highlighting issues the ...

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By Alan Rappeport Reporting from Washington The United States is poised to add trillions of dollars to the national debt over the next decade as the mounting costs of social safety net programs ...

No matter what party you are affiliated with ... at a fast clip as far back as FDR’s administration. The national debt hit a record $35 trillion this year. Our national debt has been growing ...

The chart shows how much Trump is likely to cut ... Mike Johnson, House speaker, said on X: "The national debt is $34 trillion. Inflation is making life unaffordable and this administration ...