Democrats defend every entitlement and dream up new benefits. Republicans demand more defense spending and still more tax ...

The national debt jumped $1 trillion in 82 days and is expected to keep climbing. How that could affect you and your financial health.

Amid the nearly four-week-long federal government shutdown, a U.S. Department of the Treasury report released last week found that the U.S. government’s gross national debt has surpassed $38 trillion, ...

Federal debt now increases at a shocking rate, with the US's debt increasing from $37 trillion to $38 trillion in just 73 ...