Debt held by the public will balloon to more than $56 trillion by 2036 as annual deficits continue to mount, according to the latest projections from the Congressional Budget Office. By later this ...

The federal budget deficit rose to nearly $2 trillion for the past fiscal year, spurred in part by ballooning interest ...

(The Center Square) – Only nine months into fiscal year 2026, the U.S. government has already borrowed $1.4 trillion, surpassing the entire federal deficit of the previous fiscal year. The federal ...

Our national debt is once again in the news since it has supposedly reached a staggering $40 trillion. When people speak about the burden of the federal debt, they usually refer to the size of the ...

A New York Times chart showing the stark impact President Donald Trump's administration has had on the federal deficit made the rounds on social media Wednesday, prompting a mix of alarm and mockery, ...

Looking at the average monthly deficit, January and February were both worse than average, whereas March was slightly better. The latest quarter was slightly better than last Q2 and also better than ...

Curbing the federal government's roughly $2 trillion budget deficit would help reduce the affordability challenges American households are facing, a new analysis finds. The nonpartisan Committee for a ...

The CBO reports the federal budget deficit hit $2 trillion as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid spending surged alongside rising debt costs.