The national debt now stands at $107,000 per citizen, with the debt-to-gross domestic product ratio exceeding 100%.

The rise of the federal debt over the past two decades has prompted countless warnings that the United States is approaching a fiscal reckoning, a day when the government won’t be able to drink all it ...

The way this tax cut and spending package was rammed through Congress has rightly alarmed sensible budget watchers, who say ...

Americans with student loan debt are more likely to vote and engage in political activities than those without debt, likely ...

The rise of the federal debt over the past two decades has prompted countless warnings that the United States is approaching a fiscal reckoning, a day when the government won’t be able to drink all it ...

Trump's Big Beautiful Bill will increase the national debt by trillions. But that doesn't bother Arizona's self-professed ...

Yes, compromise is inevitable, but Congress has a singular chance now to reduce the budget deficit through the Big Beautiful ...

The odds of a federal debt crisis just got worse. On Thursday, Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill, a sweeping piece of legislation that threatens to leave the government with one big, ...

Senate Republicans employ an unusual accounting tactic to push Trump's tax bill forward, sparking concerns over national debt ...

By Dr. Mike Walden When I recently reviewed my columns of past years, I was surprised I hadn’t written about “the debt” — meaning the national debt — in six years. If anything, concerns about the ...

Virtually every model from nonpartisan groups agree that this bill is gonna increase the debt — debt that stands today at $36.2 trillion. Honestly, that’s an unfathomable amount of money.

With interest costs outpacing defense spending, this piece will help journalists understand the public debt and explain it to ...