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

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

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

Republicans have leveraged the debt ceiling for years to block Democrats’ agenda. Now liberals see an opening to stymy Trump.

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

Hypocrites in the media and Democrats denounce Trump's "dictatorial" interpretation of 14th Amendment on birthright ...

The U.S. is playing Russian roulette by not addressing the national debt. We need to get our act together before it's too late.

Questions abound over how Trump will deal with China and Russia, as well as India and emerging powers in the global South.

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 ...

“I am concerned, because several times the Treasury of the United States has been called upon to save the ... that would ...

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.