Both candidates were part of administrations that produced growing deficits. Neither is likely to reverse that trend if ...

The US federal budget deficit surged in August with one month to go until the end of the fiscal year as higher interest costs continued to weigh on the overall balance.

The U.S. government is on track to spend more than $1 trillion on interest payments this year, more than it spends on the ...

The U.S. federal government spent $380.0B more than it earned in August, a far greater shortfall than the -$285.7B expected ...

The Washington Post gave us one of its standard deficit scold pieces yesterday. As we know, the Washington Post editorial board is absolutely the most ...

I look at what the presidential contenders are saying about foreign policy. This Week: Whoever wins in November could find ...

Concerns about the soaring federal debt are being ignored by politicians, allowing for continued spending with little regard ...

The U.S. Treasury on Thursday reported a $380 billion federal budget deficit for August, a massive shift from the $89 billion ...

This year’s budget deficit of the United States is on track to top 1.9 trillion US dollars, or more than 6 percent of economic output, a threshold reached only around World War II, the 2008 financial ...

The U.S. Treasury has reported a significant shift in the federal budget, with a $380 billion deficit in August 2024, contrasting starkly with an $89 billion surplus in August 2023. The first 11 ...

U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) has introduced the "Six Penny Plan," a federal budget proposal aimed at balancing the nation's ...

Podcast host Abby McCloskey talks with Maya MacGuineas, President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget about the ...