National debt

America could run out of cash to pay its bills as early as this summer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is on track to hit its statutory debt ceiling — the so-called X-date when ...

Government deficit rose 4% in Trump’s first full month in office, despite DOGE. UBS says the U.S. is slashing confidence, not spending
While the government did cut its outlays in February the budget deficit for the month more than doubled compared to ...

If you think the current outlook is bad, just wait until the White House can’t find anyone to buy its debt, warns Ray Dalio
Ray Dalio warned the White House may have to exert further political pressure on foreign governments in order to deal ...

President Trump say U.S. can pay off $36 trillion debt by selling wealthy immigrants $5 million ‘gold card’ visas and eventual citizenship
Details of President Trump’s “gold card” visa program are still being finalized, but the proceeds are already earmarked to help ...

Billionaire Ray Dalio warns America faces ‘economic heart attack’ if it doesn’t radically reduce U.S. fiscal deficit
The U.S. must slash its deficit to 3% from an expected 7.5% before the president’s second term in office ends, ...

House Republicans join Elon Musk’s DOGE crusade to slash ‘stunning’ national debt
U.S. Representative Marjorie Taylor-Greene, Republican from Georgia, attends a House Oversight Subcommittee on Delivering on Government Efficiency hearing on “The ...

Trump says Musk’s DOGE ‘geniuses’ have found ‘very fraudulent stuff’
Elon Musk believes some $1 billion is being spent on fraudulent Treasury payments, prompting President Trump to ask if this ...

Budget deficit rose in December and is now 40% higher than it was a year ago
A view from the United States Department of the Treasury building in Washington DC, United States on December 30, 2024. ...

House speaker breaks with Trump over debt limit
WASHINGTON — With just hours to go before the federal government begins shutting down for lack of funds, House Republicans ...

Trump endorses House GOP deal to avert government shutdown
WASHINGTON — House Republicans agreed Thursday to a short-term federal funding deal that if approved would avert a government shutdown ...