The United States’s debt limit permits the federal government to spend money it does not have to pay its bills ... a number that few can appreciate. To put this into perspective, the total ...

Let’s hope that Elon Musk is, indeed, a latter-day Grant, doggedly pursuing the spending that strangles our country, demanding the unconditional surrender of those who will somehow claim that ...

Ray Dalio, the founder of the world's largest hedge fund, recently warned of serious economic consequences for the U.S. if ...

Opinion: We cannot wait much longer to address our fiscal hole. This problem will not resolve itself. It will only get worse, ...

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, the U.S. government’s fiscal health is bleak, Congress’s nonpartisan bookkeeper reported Friday, with debt and deficits set to reach ...

President Trump’s tariffs on Canada, China and Mexico could upend U.S. trade. These nine charts show what’s at stake, what ...