Trump added $2.25 trillion to the national debt in his first year back in charge, watchdog says

The Peter G. Peterson Foundation, a nonpartisan budget watchdog, ran the numbers exclusively for Fortune.

‘Some form of crisis is almost inevitable’: The $38 trillion national debt will soon be growing faster than the U.S. economy itself, watchdog warns

"The United States is deeply indebted, and its finances are on an unsustainable long-term trajectory," says the Committee for ...

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink delivers blunt warning on US national debt

Markets may not be ready for this.

National debt is already killing the American dream, says top economist—and it might push the US into an outright depression

"There are fewer opportunities," Kurt Couchman added. "The opportunities that are there aren't paying as well. Productivity ...

National Debt Tracker: American taxpayers (you) are now on the hook for $38,433,330,126,292.37 as of 1/12/26

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

National Debt Tops $38 Trillion

The national debt surpassed $38 trillion on Tuesday, according to the Treasury Department, reaching a new milestone just over two months after it hit the $37 trillion mark. That’s the fastest the ...

Bipartisan bill to cap annual deficits at 3% could curb debt growth

Lawmakers introduced a bipartisan proposal to cap annual deficits at 3% of GDP, but this resolution would still permit ...

I Asked ChatGPT If Billionaires Could Pay Off the US National Debt — and What It’d Mean for the Economy

Could the richest Americans simply write a check to erase the U.S. debt? I asked ChatGPT to play out this scenario to see ...