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

The mounting level of US debt risks a “reckoning” for the economy if the pace of growth doesn’t improve, according to the chief executive of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. “If we continue on the current ...

The U.S. national debt surpassed another historic milestone as it topped $38 trillion for the first time this week, as the federal government continues to rack up debt at a record-setting pace. New ...

The United States now carries one of the largest public debt loads in history, and the raw figures are staggering enough to dominate headlines and campaign ads. To understand how that burden really ...

America's borrowing machine is running hotter than at any point in recent memory, and the cost of keeping it going is starting to bite. With federal debt climbing into the tens of trillions and ...