Taxpayers will pay $48.1 billion in interest payments on state and federal debt this year, equivalent to about $1700 per ...
A $2,000 dividend for each citizen would increase the deficit by $6 trillion, according to one estimate, roughly twice as ...
Some lawmakers want the United States to adopt a new amendment to force Congress to come up with balanced budgets to keep the ...
In light of the nation’s $38 trillion national debt, U.S. House lawmakers met Wednesday to discuss ways to structure a ...
The U.S. national debt keeps growing and growing. The U.S. government ran a slightly smaller budget shortfall in the most recent year thanks to higher tariff revenue - but the national debt still rose ...
The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Limited Government holds a hearing titled "Balancing the Federal Budget: Examining Proposals for a Balanced Budget Amendment." Hearing focuses ...
The U.S. budget deficit in July climbed 20% this fiscal year compared to the last despite the U.S. taking in record income from President Donald Trump’s tariffs, according to Treasury Department data ...
Why doesn’t West Virginia have more debt? The question rates asking in response to a Wall Street Journal editorial which observes that California “is facing huge budget deficits despite an ...
The U.S. government posted a higher $284 billion deficit for October in a report delayed and impacted by the recent federal ...
President Trump is adhering to economic theory with regard to his tariff policies and trade deficits; with time it will pay off. He understands that America’s perennial trade deficits predispose to ...
For 2025 and 2026, the deficit is now 94 billion kronor larger than the May forecast.