The Congressional Budget Office's long-term budget outlook shows deficits widening in the years ahead, driven primarily by ...

The challenge is that the U.S. has to pay interest on its debt, which is increasing yearly. The Congressional Budget Office ...

Extending President Donald Trump's 2017 tax cuts could push the national debt to vast levels by 2054, especially if interest ...

While it’s important to debunk the stated rationale for the current policy baseline, the devastating impact would be to ...

The national debt is very much like the weather. Everyone complains about it, but no one does much to fix it. In 2009, when the debt was “only” $12 trillion, I led a campaign called “Defeat ...

The United States is on track to hit its statutory debt ceiling — the so-called X-date when the country runs short of money ...

As the United States national debt continues to reach historic levels, concerns over its long-term impact on the economy remain at an all-time high. The big question is when do these concerns turn ...

America is a beacon of freedom worldwide, yet the biggest threat to that freedom is a crushing national debt that has saddled future generations in the order of tens of trillions of dollars.

A March 22 letter to the editor (“Keep focus on national debt,” Our Readers’ Views) writes about the $36 trillion national debt and prejudicial Associated Press coverage of the current ...

There are competing priorities in the reconciliation bill before Congress. Some want to make the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act permanent. Others want to reduce our $36 trillion national debt and ...

At its current rate of borrowing, the country’s debt as a share of the economy will reach 118% in 2035, the Congressional ...

As the United States national debt continues to reach historic levels, concerns over its long-term impact on the economy remain at an all-time high. The big question is when do these concerns turn ...