Republicans in Congress are hashing out a new tax cut and spending bill that's projected to add trillions to the national debt. Economics correspondent Paul Solman explains the ballooning national ...

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office announced Wednesday that the Trump legislative agenda bill approved by GOP House ...

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-New York) on Wednesday jabbed at President Donald Trump’s tax and immigration ...

One of the greatest challenges facing the United States today is our staggering $36 trillion national debt. This burden threatens our economic future and demands serious, strategic action.

The national debt is $36.2 trillion, rising nearly $26 billion since 2001. Large jumps in the debt have been attributed to the U.S.’ wars in the Middle East, the 2008 Great Recession and the ...

Moody's credit rating agency downgraded the credit rating of the United States government from Aaa to Aa1, citing the rising national debt as the primary driver behind the reduction in ...

The markets will be closely watching an auction of Japan's longest tenor bonds on Wednesday to see if debt investors will ...

Mounting fiscal pressure and divergent monetary policies signal turbulence ahead for investors and policymakers alike.

On Sunday, a key congressional committee in the United States approved President Donald ... cuts and may add up to $5 trillion to the national debt, deepening worries after a recent US credit ...

The US national debt has now hit a new all-time high of $36.5 trillion, based on official government numbers. The total ...

President Donald Trump faces the challenge of convincing Republican senators, global investors, voters and even Elon Musk ...

But analysts are warning that the issue is now coming home to roost, with the once unshakeable confidence in the United States’ fiscal future beginning to erode. America’s national debt ...