A look back at the history of the national debt, and what the GOP’s new budget bill might mean for the debt going forward.

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 ...

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad: ___ June 27 The New York Times say the rising national debt is already troublesome The rise of the federal debt over the past ...

Fox News host Harris Faulkner admitted Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s Big, Beautiful Bill will “run up the debt.” ...

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

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

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

Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-WY) teamed up with Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) to introduce the Pay Down the Debt Act, which would allow ...

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson of Shreveport remains confident he can convince resistant Republicans to pass Trump's One Big ...

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 ...