Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency wants to cut government spending, but it's also prompting lawsuits and ...

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 ...

The US doesn't run a surplus like most sovereign wealth funds. But Trump's order refers to trillions in existing assets.

Republicans bet on the economy growing faster than reasonable to cover plans that could reignite inflation, rising interest ...

A closer look at the U.S. government's $36 trillion debt — some of which is "intergovernmental," meaning money the government ...

The U.S. national debt currently stands at $36.2 trillion, according to the Treasury Department. The U.S. currently runs at a roughly 123 percent debt to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio ...

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Right now, it affects us mainly in higher interest ... such as Kentucky Republican Thomas Massie, who has worn a national debt clock affixed to his lapel, get punished by party leadership.

The Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) latest budget and economic outlook includes a troubling projection for net inte ...

With median home prices now above $400,000, most people can't afford to buy a home all in cash. In its most recent Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers, the National ... a low debt-to-income ratio ...