Richard Haass, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations, and other economists have sounded the alarm about the U.S.

Tucked away at America’s easternmost edge, where the St. Croix River creates a liquid boundary between two nations, sits a town where time seems to move at the pace of maple syrup on a cool morning – ...

Although Latin America contributes only about 10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions, many of its territories rank among the most climate-vulnerable on the planet.

The average household debt increased by $197 billion in the third quarter, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Teachers in US military schools abroad who have been working without pay during the government shutdown received letters this week telling them they owed money to the government, CNN has learned. Debt ...

American household debt reached a record $18.59 trillion in the third quarter of 2025, rising $197 billion, according to the ...

By contrast, California lawmakers can simply vote (by two-thirds) to move to standard time and end the fuss. It’s time for them to do so.

Americans could experience a surge of credit card debt in November as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits end for tens of millions of people. The government shutdown has halted ...

Advocates of ending the seasonal clock switching between standard time and daylight saving time could find themselves a new home within the GOP’s “Make America Healthy Again” movement, as awareness ...

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

In 1980, America's publicly held debt reached more than $712 billion (about $2.8 trillion in 2025 dollars), or roughly 25 percent of annual U.S. gross domestic product (GDP). Today, that figure is a ...

IRS has a 10-year window to collect back taxes – but for many Americans, that doesn’t mean the debt simply disappears. The IRS Collection Statute Expiration Date (CSED) generally gives the government ...