Publicly held federal debt has officially eclipsed the size of the entire American economy, crossing the 100% gross domestic ...

Quick ReadU.S. publicly held debt hit $39.4 trillion, surpassing 100% of GDP for the first time since 1946, and is on track ...

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

To combat the rising national debt, John R. Dearie proposes accelerating economic growth back to its post-World War II ...

Americans are borrowing more and saving less. That's created a major vulnerability in the US economy, SocGen is warning.

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

Elon Musk says AI and robotics will solve the US debt crisis within three years by driving productivity beyond inflation.

For decades, America's national debt has been treated largely as an economic problem. Economists debate deficits, interest ...

Life is a struggle between the urgent and the important. With the accelerating inanity of our daily lives — through algorithm addiction and the flatulent con man occupying the White House — the ...

Every four years, Americans fall in love with a fantasy. A new president will change the federal deficit. Republicans promise growth will outrun the debt. Democrats promise taxes on the rich will fix ...

The US national debt passed another grim milestone this past week when government debt held by the public — the most conservative way to measure what is owed — surpassed America's total annual ...

US marks 250 years as we have $39T debt, border pressures, mental health decline, family shifts, and falling institutional trust.