The U.S. national debt is the total of what the federal government owes creditors. The U.S. has always carried debt, but the ...

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. Do you have debt that keeps you up at night? It might help you to learn more about the statute of limitations on debt collection ...

Some ways to avoid restarting the clock on your debt is to record the start date when your debt was first recorded delinquent, don't admit to the debt and check your state laws. The statute of ...

It’s not a doomsday clock or a pedometer, though it’s been confused for both. The copper-cased ticker affixed to Rep. Thomas Massie’s lapel is a debt clock, tracking the country’s debt in ...

The Department of Government Efficiency’s website said its estimated savings so far total $55 billion — less than half the total listed on U.S. Debt Clock’s website as of Feb. 21.

Sandwiched between a burger joint and an oyster bar in New York City hangs a daunting image: The National Debt Clock. And that debt number? It just keeps ticking up. How deep in the hole are we?

For eight years, a state pension debt clock sat in the Pennsylvania Capitol as a visual reminder of a bill that taxpayers are on the hook to pay. Last Thursday, the digital clock — that ...