Elon Musk's DOGE aims to cut $4T from the federal budget, but the $36T national debt remains a major challenge.

Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images National debt is ... largest percentage increase to U.S. national debt to date. Roosevelt entered office when the United States was in the depths of the Great ...

The current congressional budget process reportedly is reaching back to a 2017 playbook to provide cover for irresponsible spending. It involves pretending that a desired course of action will ...

President Donald Trump has pursued a radical overhaul of the U.S. government since taking office on January 20, aiming to ...

The national debt has been fueled primarily by two factors: net issuances of debt instruments and the valuation effects stemming from a stronger US dollar. While the Bureau of the Treasury has ...

Like a canoe heading for a waterfall, the United States government simply can ... Each party laments the national debt in campaign ads and press conferences. Some members of Congress suggest ...

Let’s hope that Elon Musk is, indeed, a latter-day Grant, doggedly pursuing the spending that strangles our country, demanding the unconditional surrender of those who will somehow claim that ...

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Feb 9 said the United States may carry less debt than thought and said it could be because of fraud related to debt payments. He made his comments to ...

House Republicans released a budget plan Wednesday that sets the stage for advancing many of President Donald Trump’s top ...