Federal spending on national debt interest, Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid drives the budget deficit $35 billion ...

The U.S. national debt is the accumulation of money borrowed to cover the national deficit over time. The highest level of ...

In a March 31, 2016, interview published by The Washington Post that April, Donald Trump said the United States needed to ...

Massive budget deficits have sent U.S. debt soaring past $38 trillion, but they have also become the primary driver of corporate profits and stock valuations, according to Research Affiliates. In a ...

Today, U.S. debt held by the public currently stands at a staggering $31.68 trillion, a little more than 100% of GDP.

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

The U.S. economy is growing at a healthy clip, yet the country is running deficits that history only associates with wartime ...

For the first time in American history, the US government is spending more to service its debt than it spends on Medicare.

WASHINGTON — The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office’s 10-year outlook projects worsening long-term federal deficits and rising debt, driven largely by increased spending, notably on Social ...

New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli and the Citizens Budget Commission warned that the newly passed $277 billion ...