On the 249th anniversary of independence, the story of America’s national debt reveals a legacy of wars, tax cuts, and ...

Before the U.S. House of Representatives passed President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" on Thursday afternoon, July 3, ...

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office is required by law to provide economic analyses on major legislation.

The United States on Friday reached $37 trillion in debt, less than a year after it surpassed $36 trillion .

As it begins its 249th year in business as a country, the United States owes more than $30 trillion in debt and spends nearly $2 trillion more per year than it collects. Those numbers won’t be ...

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 ...

Budget analysts say the GOP tax cut and spending bill would add trillions to the government's debt over the next 10 years.

"It only passed the house by one vote with a $2.3 trillion increase in the debt. To ask the House to vote for a bill that ...

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

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson cast a vote in favor of President Donald Trump's bill, helping it narrowly clear the U.S. Senate.

NATO member defense spending commitments are overdue, writes Bruce Stokes of the German Marshall Fund. But how plausible are ...

WASHINGTON – Senators are releasing statements after the U.S. Senate passed President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks ...