The U.S. national debt has hit a record $39 trillion. The deficit hit the milestone Wednesday just weeks into the ...

"Markets are paying close attention to our fiscal situation, and every time we hit a new milestone, we risk spooking them," ...

In the book When We Are Free, an anthology published by Northwood University Press with a foreword by Milton Friedman, ...

Failed vote comes as federal spending pushed the national debt over $39 trillion, roughly $3 trillion higher than it was 12 months ago.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office's 10-year outlook projects worsening long-term federal deficits and rising debt, driven largely by increased spending, notably on Social Security, Medicare, ...

Homeland Security adviser Stephen Miller said on Monday that “people who don’t belong here” are responsible for the United ...

Panics about the rising US deficit have stirred up bond vigilantes before. An economist thinks concerns about military ...