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

Is America heading toward a national debt crisis? As an economic adviser to President Biden and an economist active in mainly ...

Federal debt held by the public now surpasses the total value of the nation's economic output. Here's why experts say that's ...

The national debt has increased under most U.S. presidents. Here is how much each president's time in office added to the U.S ...

The United States national debt crossed $39 trillion for the first time Tuesday, arriving at the grim milestone less than five months after it first hit $38 trillion in late October—a pace of ...

America’s national debt has surpassed the country’s gross domestic product for the first time since World War II, marking a stark increase in the government’s fiscal burden. Debt held by the public ...

US debt now exceeds the economy, and rising interest costs are adding pressure, raising questions about how sustainable our borrowing is.

The U.S. national debt just crossed a once-unthinkable threshold on the way toward breaking the record set in the wake of World War II: It now exceeds 100 percent of America’s gross domestic product.