President Trump's sweeping legislation, dubbed the 'Great and Beautiful Law,' introduces significant changes to federal ...

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

Senate bill would add at least $3.3 trillion to the national debt, according to the Congressional Budget Office. That was the ...

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The national debt now stands at $107,000 per citizen, with the debt-to-gross domestic product ratio exceeding 100%.

The rise of the federal debt over the past two decades has prompted countless warnings that the United States is approaching a fiscal reckoning, a day when the government won’t be able to drink all it ...

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

The Republican budget will add trillions to the national debt. Trump should channel Eisenhower to keep things in check.

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

Yes, compromise is inevitable, but Congress has a singular chance now to reduce the budget deficit through the Big Beautiful ...