Browsing: national debt
Social Security is six years from insolvency. That’s not a projection buried in an actuarial footnote—it’s the opening finding of…
As the national debt careens above $39 trillion, the Trump Administration is weighing policy changes that could heap hundreds of…
The United States’ gross national debt crossed $39 trillion on Tuesday, a grim new threshold that a prominent fiscal watchdog…
This rom-com formula is now a staple of holiday TV programming: a busy professional from the big city goes back…
On February 11, the Congressional Budget Office released its closely-watched, 10-year projections for the U.S. budget, this addition covering FYs…
The United States was already on an unsustainable fiscal trajectory, adding to the national debt at breakneck speed, before it…
The U.S. has never been more financially exposed heading into a potential economic crisis. With the national debt now equal…
When the Supreme Court ruled late last month that the majority of tariffs implemented by the second Trump administration in…
The United States is now paying nearly $970 billion a year just to service the interest on its $38.8 trillion…
At the outset of any escalation in geopolitical conflict, the humanitarian cost of military action will be the first question…