The national debt now stands at more than $38 trillion. The tariff revenue we rake in is just a drop in the bucket compared ...

"The day will come when the boiling water finally kills the frog," an essay published by the Peter G. Petersen Foundation ...

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

President Trump has long argued that tariff revenue will be used to pay down the national debt but he is also suggesting some ...

The federal budget deficit totaled $1.74 trillion between November 2024 and October 2025 according to estimates from the ...

The United States' national debt is on track to double over the next three decades amid a rush of spending by the White House ...

US and European stocks slumped heavily overnight as concerns grow about the staggering new level of debt in America and ...

America’s $38 trillion national debt isn’t really because of bad math or budgeting, top economist Barry Eichengreen says. It ...

Richard Haass has spent a lifetime monitoring global crises. Now he says America’s most dangerous one is coming from inside ...

The US national debt is now as large as the combined gross domestic product (GDP) of the second to the sixth-largest ...

With a seemingly endless string of immediate crises (a government shutdown, immigration enforcement, tariff policies, etc.), it is easy to forget about long-term issues.

Even a federal shutdown can’t keep the national debt from continuing to spiral out of control. The nation’s debt now tops $38 ...