The ratings agency S&P warns that budget gimmicks, tariffs, and ever-mounting levels of federal debt are bad news for the ...

As the global debt approaches $102 trillion, the United States and China are the top contributors to the increasing debt. According to data from the IMF and Visual Capitalist, in one year ...

March 27 (UPI) --If Congress does not raise the debt ceiling, the United States is expected to default on its bills in either August or September, the Congressional Budget Office warned.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is on track to hit its statutory debt ceiling — the so-called X-date when the country runs short of money to pay its bills — as early as August without a ...

Does the government do important things? Certainly. But not all are crucial, necessary, or well run. And the clock’s ticking: In the amount of time it takes to read this column, we have all been put ...