A national taxpayer advocacy group is calling on President Donald Trump and Congress to address the nation’s rising debt, warning that interest payments and long-term spending commitments are putting ...

The United States' national debt is on track to double over the next three decades amid a rush of spending by the White House ...

The United States has piled up debt approaching $39 trillion as lawmakers approve annual budgets with 13-figure deficits and outlays on mandatory spending rise with the aging population. There is ...

Is reality finally settling in on Capitol Hill? The nation can only hope. As the national debt rushes toward $39 trillion, and Social Security and Medicare get nearer to insolvency with each tick of ...

According to recent projections, the amount of debt held by the public could grow to $56 trillion over the next decade.

The kindling for catastrophe was piled high. It only needed a match.The 2020s began with a pandemic that shut us in and ...

The National Taxpayers Union is renewing its call for a constitutional balanced budget amendment, arguing it would impose ...

We disagree with President Trump on many things, but we can find common ground on abolishing the debt ceiling. We’ve called for an end to the debt ceiling multiple times, and we’re asking our ...

Congress is divided and dysfunctional. More importantly, it is failing to discharge its constitutional duties. As a result, ...

The latest projections show U.S. debt will continue to grow over the next decade, hitting 120% of gross domestic product by ...

Your representatives may finally grab the feared "third rail" of U.S. politics. When the Social Security and Medicare trust funds run out in the early 2030s, the law is clear: ...