Budget hawks have fretted for decades about America’s deficits and debt, repeatedly advising our government to embrace ...

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office is required by law to provide economic analyses on major legislation.

Today the U.S. national debt is over $35 trillion, representing $104,303 for every American citizen. The debt grows by about $4.5 million every minute. The interest alone costs $2.4 billion a day ...

U.S. national debt stands at over $36.2 trillion as of May 2025. A president’s decisions on how to spend government money, such as funding wars or providing government aid, affect the national debt.

Donald Trump's 'One Big Beautiful Bill Act' cleared both chambers of Congress and now awaits the president’s signature to ...

To date, this is the largest increase during a single four-year presidential term. (President Barack Obama oversaw a debt increase of more than $9.5 trillion, which exceeded Trump’s one-term ...

From Inauguration Day to May 5, debt held by the public rose by $37,238,323,646.66. Because this accounts for an influx of revenue around April Tax Day, the comparable window to compare Trump’s ...

It would add $3 trillion to the national debt. But it’s not too late to change ... overtime and other priorities put forward by Congress and the president; increase spending for ...

The analysis released Monday by the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget suggests a Harris presidency could increase the national debt over 10 years by $3.5 trillion.

So indeed, about $588 billion (+7%) more was added to the national debt during the Biden administration than during the first Trump term. However, as a percentage, the national debt increased by ...

General U.S. debt and presidents statistics. During Barack Obama’s presidency, the U.S. total outstanding debt increased by almost $8.34 trillion, the biggest dollar increase of any president.