Chart: National debt, by president. Rick Seaman of Portland, Oregon, made this chart from data he found on TreasuryDirect.gov. "If voters don't understand this, the media has failed them," Sea.

Republicans criticized Obama for doubling debt by nearly $9 trillion. According to CRFB President Maya McGuineas, the deficit would have increased under Trump, even if he hadn't signed any ...

The national debt has increased by $5.2 trillion since President Donald Trump took office. According to the Peter G. Peterson Foundation, a non-partisan fiscal watchdog, the national debt rose ...

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

No president in the last 100 years has added more to the national debt on an annual basis than Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat. Faced with World War II, as well as the Great Depression, Roosevelt ...

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

The largest increase of the national debt was during President Abraham Lincoln which saw the national debt increase by over 2,859 percent, although he had the Civil War to contend with.

President Donald Trump holds up a chart showing the US national debt during a campaign rally in 2016. Getty Images 2019-03-11T22:19:00Z ...

The bill now heads to Trump's desk for a signature. The "Big Beautiful Bill" could increase the national debt by more than ...

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.

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 ...

Less than two months into President Obama's second term, new numbers show the national debt increased by more than $6 trillion since he took office. It's the largest increase to date under any U.S ...