The country risks an economic "heart attack" if lawmakers are unable to reel in the national debt, warns one hedge fund ...

Each party laments the national debt in campaign ads and press conferences. Some members of Congress suggest cutting programs ...

Fiscal hawks warn that deficits produce higher inflation rates and higher interest rates that harm the poor the most.

Debt is the running total of what the government owes ... the U.S. national debt stands at over $35 trillion. The United States has the highest national debt in the world by amount.

A government watchdog is warning that the federal debt has reached $28.2 trillion, nearly 98% of the nation's gross domestic ...

The national debt, currently at $36.3 trillion and growing ... to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States …” The clause has been read ...

Americans pay more taxes to support health care than do the citizens of any other country. We must either fix our health care system or watch our economy implode.

(The Center Square) – The national debt continues to ... over or just under $2 trillion. “The United States has built a dangerous mountain of debt quite simply because our political leaders ...

The U.S. is playing Russian roulette by not addressing the national debt. We need to get our act together before it's too late.