The national debt continues to rise at a breakneck pace, with Americans bearing a greater and greater debt burden. The ...

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, the U.S. government’s fiscal health is bleak, with debt and deficits ...

The new budget forecasts predicted that the United States will record a $1.9 trillion budget deficit this fiscal year and ...

In this edition of the Hot Seat, Mike Murphy from the Committee for Responsible Budget Policy addresses the $36 trillion ...

Article I, Section 8, Clause 2 of our Constitution allows our political parties to borrow money on behalf of the United States ... increasing federal government debt. Based on Peter G.

"The United States has built a dangerous mountain of debt quite simply because our political leaders are unwilling to do the hard work of governing responsibly and acting as fiscal stewards for ...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday the nation will hit its debt ceiling the day after President Trump is inaugurated and that the agency will begin “extraordinary measures” to stave off ...

The national debt is over $36 trillion ... deficits have repeatedly been over or just under $2 trillion. “The United States has built a dangerous mountain of debt quite simply because our ...

The national debt, currently at $36.3 trillion and growing, is a boulder weighing on economic prosperity. The money lent to ...

Americans pay more taxes to support health care than do the citizens of any other country. We must either fix our health care system or watch our economy implode.

"The United States has built a dangerous mountain of debt quite simply because our political leaders are unwilling to do the hard work of governing responsibly and acting as fiscal stewards for ...