The gross national debt of the United States reached $36 trillion yesterday, just over three months since the previous milestone was reached at the end of July, according to the U.S. Treasury.

With debt nearing record levels, interest payments surging, and major trust funds approaching insolvency, Congress should avoid worsening our already unsustainable fiscal situation during the ...

With debt nearing record levels, interest payments surging, and major trust funds approaching insolvency, Congress should avoid worsening our already unsustainable fiscal situation during the ...

Marc Goldwin is senior vice president and senior policy director of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. He wrote an opinion piece for the Los Angeles Times, an excerpt of which is below.

The recent release of the final Monthly Treasury Statement from the Treasury Department shows that net interes ...

Congress is preparing to use budget reconciliation to fast-track consideration of a number of new policies, including, according to ...

Based in part on new data from the Congressional Budget Office, this piece shows: The estimated federal cost of student loans ...