The federal budget deficit is back in the spotlight after the Republican-controlled Congress approved a massive tax and ...

Having the Air Force fly a B-2 bomber overhead during a signing ceremony for a budget bill would have in a different time ...

CNBC interviewed a dozen experts, investors and former government officials to explore the consequences of America’s fiscal ...

Conventional wisdom holds that ever-increasing debt relative to gross domestic product is unsustainable, though another line of argument holds that fears about the hole the US is in are overblown.

The Republican tax bill is set to worsen inequality, government data shows. It’s part of a 50-year trend that’s affecting the ...

Rep. Brad Finstad dismisses fears that the bill will add trillions in red ink as false Democratic talking points.

Senate approves bill that would significantly increase government spending on pensions and social security, prompting angry ...

President Trump's 'big beautiful bill' will provide a boost to the economy in the near term but just a tiny bump over the ...

President Trump’s newly passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act will, by most conventional estimates, add trillions to America’s ...

President Donald Trump signed into law last week a sweeping package of tax cuts and spending cuts, which passed the Senate and House with narrow majorities and no Democratic support. As is his ...

The federal government borrowed $1.9 trillion over the past year – July 2024 to June 2025 – based on estimates from the ...