The United States has just added another trillion dollars to its tab in barely more than two months, pushing the national ...

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun and a coalition of state financial officers and lawmakers are urging Congress and President Donald Trump to address the national debt crisis before the nation's 250th birthday.

The national debt jumped $1 trillion in 82 days and is expected to keep climbing. How that could affect you and your ...

I ran for Congress on the idea that the national books of the U.S. government were not being kept in a transparent, modern ...

America's debt has the potential not only to destabilize the economy, but to drive democracy even closer to the edge.

With a seemingly endless string of immediate crises (a government shutdown, immigration enforcement, tariff policies, etc.), it is easy to forget about long-term issues.

Breaking down the national debt. Every year, the United States government spends money on programs and services like Social Security and healthcare while receiving revenue through methods like federal ...

In July 2025, a claim circulated online that people could use mobile payment app Venmo to help reduce the U.S. national debt, which, as of this writing, is more than $36 trillion. For example, one X ...

When you think about national debt, the massive numbers thrown around by wealthy nations like the United States and Japan ...

When President Donald Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill into law, it sparked major discussions on the outlook of the nation’s budget and the national debt. When President Donald Trump signed the ...