President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" includes major changes to federal spending and tax policies. The Congressional Budget ...

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

CNBC interviewed a dozen experts, investors and former government officials to explore the consequences of America’s fiscal ...

As of July 3, 2025, the U.S. national debt stands at $36.2 trillion. Much like bank loans, the national debt has interest ...

Ben Harris is director of economic studies at the Brookings Institution and the former chief economist at the Treasury ...

The national debt is nearing a staggering $37 trillion, and concerns are mounting over the potential impact of Trump's "Big ...

Arizona's Republican congressmen were against increasing the national debt ...until Donald Trump said jump and they proceeded ...

The U.S. tax and spending bill passed on July 3 is expected to add more than $3 trillion to the country’s deficit over the ...

There's an economic fantasy you sometimes hear in D.C. It often gets trotted out when politicians are trying to add billions or trillions to the national debt. They claim that all the new spending ...

You will then be able to decide how high of a priority addressing the national debt should be. To know how bad the national debt is, we have to decide how to measure it.

Republican lawmakers are expressing concerns about a bill that would add $3.3 trillion to the national debt, despite the party's previous stance on reigning in spending.

The GOP tax cut and spending bill passed by the Senate this week is expected to add trillions of dollars to the federal debt over the next decade. The savings would mostly go to top earners.