Donald Trump’s attempt to align foreign aid with his America First policy is too blunt and will have deadly consequences.

A new survey from Bankrate revealed that 33 percent of U.S. adults have more credit card debt than emergency savings. That ...

Overall debt levels held by Americans rose modestly in the final quarter of last year on a healthy consumer sector, even as ...

The charts below are based on information from the Congressional Budget Office, which does nonpartisan analysis for Congress.

The national debt has become a rallying cry for Republicans as they seek to dismantle the federal government, justifying the ...

Many U.S. adults believe the federal government is overspending. But polling also shows many Americans, including Republicans, think the country is spending too little on major government programs ...

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When economists talk about the national debt of a country, they really mean the government ... it is in the top division. France and the United Kingdom are only one rung higher than the Czech Republic ...

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