2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (548+ words) Federal debt just crossed a threshold no Treasury ledger has ever seen, and the speed of the final trillion reveals something about where the money is actually going and who is paying for it. The professional research desk has always…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (142+ words) atlaspress.news Estimates from the Congressional Budget Office show that the US federal budget deficit reached $2 trillion in the first 11 months of fiscal year 2026 According to the estimate, the newly recorded figure is only $6 billion less than the deficit in…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago   (660+ words) The US Department of the Treasury must find immediate ways to reduce the record-breaking national debt of over $40 trillion, or "feel the pain" of dealing with it later on, warned economists, who said if it remains high it will affect…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (642+ words) The recent news that our national debt has swollen to $40 trillion should be the “bucket of ice water” America needs to finally address our financial woes. Our nation is on an unsustainable borrowing trajectory, and it is getting much worse....

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (430+ words) If long-term interest rates decisively breach the 5 per cent threshold, the impact could derail the AI boom, says Ruchir Sharma for the Financial Times. NEW YORK: Doomsday warnings about America’s rising debt date to the 1970s, when the US government began…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (282+ words) Social Security’s retirement trust fund is projected to run dry by late 2032, according to the 2026 Social Security Trustees Report released June 9, marking a shift of one year earlier than last year’s forecast and setting the stage for automatic benefit cuts…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (423+ words) The United States federal debt has surpassed $40 trillion, dramatically increasing under Donald Trump's presidency despite his 2016 campaign promise to eliminate it within eight years, according to reports from The Guardian. During Trump's tenure, the federal debt rose by $11.6 trillion, with…...

5+ day, 14+ hour ago   (555+ words) US net interest payments hit $1.25 trillion in 2025, or 18.5% of federal revenue, surpassing the prior 1991 record and now exceeding the entire defense budget, according to a DoubleLine analysis reported by Fortune. The CBO projects the burden will reach 25% of revenue by…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (145+ words) Re “The US national debt now stands at $40 trillion” (Aug. 19): Thank you for the article on our quickly increasing national debt. If we divide that debt by the number of people in the U.S., we find that every man,…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago   (346+ words) tradersunion.com Phil Magness: U.S. entitlement program expands as national debt hits $40 trillion Phil Magness questions the nature of a recent policy move, arguing that it is not a tax credit but rather an expansion of an entitlement program through changes…...