The federal budget deficit is back in the spotlight after the Republican-controlled Congress approved a massive tax and ...

N ow that the budget bill has passed Congress, we can see clear projections for how it will impact deficits, government debt, ...

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

With interest costs outpacing defense spending, this piece will help journalists understand the public debt and explain it to ...

The bill extends Trump’s 2017 tax cuts and may add up to $5 trillion to the national debt, deepening worries after a recent US credit ratings downgrade by Moody’s on Friday, which cited ...

The US has the highest national debt in the world, ... The United Kingdom holds $779.3bn, overtaking China in March as the second-largest non-US holder of treasuries; China holds $765.4bn; ...

Sean Combs, the hip-hop mogul also known as Diddy, was acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering charges, which carried a ...

Many investors don't know the size of the U.S. debt, how much of it foreign countries own and how it affects the economy and the wallets of average Americans.

As of November 8, 2024, the United States national debt was equivalent to approximately $35.95 trillion. ... and pension funds are also large holders of government debt.

Interest on the U.S. national debt topped $1 trillion for the first time during fiscal 2024, as the annual budget deficit reached its highest level except during the COVID-19 pandemic.. Figures ...

It is now a tradition in the United States Congress that whenever the new national budget and the national debt limit come for approval, politics get mixed up with economics. In 2007-08, when the ...

The national debt ceiling, or debt limit, is essentially a cap, decided by lawmakers, on how much debt the U.S. government can have. On Jan. 18, 2023, the last time we reached that limit, it sat ...