The United States has just added another trillion dollars to its tab in barely more than two months, pushing the national ...

The national debt jumped $1 trillion in 82 days and is expected to keep climbing. How that could affect you and your ...

America at 250 could look at the best examples of public service—public service in which the governmental institution expired ...

When you think about national debt, the massive numbers thrown around by wealthy nations like the United States and Japan ...

In contrast, a high national debt simply reflects that the government has issued a lot of currency that the public and ...

The State Financial Officers Foundation letter noted that the cost of interest on the nation's debt is constraining spending ...

Breaking down the national debt. Every year, the United States government spends money on programs and services like Social Security and healthcare while receiving revenue through methods like federal ...

Senate Republicans are wrestling over what to do about President Trump’s proposal to give $2,000 tariff dividend checks to ...

America's debt has the potential not only to destabilize the economy, but to drive democracy even closer to the edge.

The total national debt of the United States has hit $38 trillion, an unwelcome milestone that comes as lawmakers grapple with a looming fiscal reckoning. The unwanted achievement comes amid a ...

WASHINGTON – Sens. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) and Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) have introduced the Principles-Based Balanced Budget ...