The national debt has accompanied America through wars, crises and its journey to becoming the world’s leading superpower.

Politicians and pundits love to invoke the national debt whenever it suits their argument. They point fingers across the ...

The United States' national debt is on track to double over the next three decades amid a rush of spending by the White House and Congress.

At the end of Q4, US national debt reached $38.51 trillion, having soared by yet another $2.30 trillion over the 12 months in the calendar year 2025, or by 6.3%. In Q4 alone, the debt rose by $877 ...

In the fourth quarter of 2025, Americans’ average total overall debt increased to $58,712 from $55,879 in the fourth quarter of 2024, a 5% year-over-year gain, according to an analysis of 99.5 million ...

U.S. debt nears $40T as borrowing and $1.2T interest costs surge—GAO and Ray Dalio warn of fiscal risks. Click here to read in detail.

The US national debt has crossed 100 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) for the first peacetime year since 1946, according to data released Thursday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)—a ...

The U.S. national debt is on pace to break a record set after World War II in four years, while annual budget deficits are projected to balloon to $3 trillion a year a decade from now, according to a ...

On the Tuesday, May 19, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: America's debt has grown larger than the entire economy, and the cost of carrying that debt is rising as interest payments increase. That ...

US debt held by the public has crossed 100 per cent of GDP for the first time since World War II, reaching 100.2 per cent at the end of March. The $1 trillion annual interest bill now exceeds defence ...