Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There are two fundamental fiscal truths: America has a debt problem, and dealing with the debt will not be easy. So far, our ...

In his Dec. 29 guest column Marc Warner makes an excellent point about Congress’ failure to do its job [“Is anyone doing their job in Congress?“]. In particular, he notes that since our Congressman ...

CNN — The United States set a big record this week: Our national debt is now over $22 trillion! It's not, actually, the sort of thing that deserves an exclamation point. Better put: Our national debt ...

For years, politicians have floated a simple fix for America's swelling debt: tax billionaires harder and the problem starts ...

Even a federal shutdown can’t keep the national debt from continuing to spiral out of control. The nation’s debt now tops $38 trillion. It’s an unfathomable amount of money, so consider this: Every ...

In a political landscape often defined by deep partisan divides, a striking consensus has emerged among American voters regarding the nation’s financial health. As the United States contends with a ...

Even a federal shutdown can't keep the national debt from continuing to spiral out of control. It's an unfathomable amount of money, so consider this: Every citizen's share of that debt is more than ...

The United States’s ballooning national debt might prove more costly than people realize. Far from being just a domestic matter, our debt has national security implications. Jerome Powell, the ...

Amid so many crises around the world, it’s easy to forget the scale of America’s debt problem. But a new report from the ...

The U.S. national debt surpassed $38 trillion on Wednesday, reaching its fastest-ever $1 trillion increase outside the COVID-19 pandemic. The American national debt hit $1 trillion in 1981, $2 ...

Even a federal shutdown can't keep the national debt from continuing to spiral out of control. The nation's debt now tops $38 trillion. It's an unfathomable amount of money, so consider this: Every ...

Even a federal shutdown can’t keep the national debt from continuing to spiral out of control. The nation’s debt now tops $38 trillion. It’s an unfathomable amount of money, so consider this: Every ...