In 2016, Donald Trump said he could eliminate the national debt in eight years. It has since surged from $19 trillion to over ...

In just over a century, the federal government has gone from a modest borrower to the dominant source of public debt in the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...

GDP growth in the U.S. relies on federal deficit spending, raising concerns about rising debt, inflation, and long-term economic risks.

Panics about the rising US deficit have stirred up bond vigilantes before. An economist thinks concerns about military ...

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 Security, Medicare, ...