During President Donald Trump's first term in office, the national debt increased by $8 trillion—due, in large part, to huge spending hikes that Congress passed and Trump signed.

On Inauguration Day, we provide a look at various metrics on the state of the country at the start of President Donald ...

Brace yourself for a food fight in Congress as President-elect Trump presents his health nominees and lays out plans to combat America’s plummeting life expectancy. New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 17 (Reuters) - The Congressional Budget Office on Friday forecast a $1.865 trillion U.S. budget deficit for fiscal 2025, largely flat with last year and indicating no major ...

The number of deaths in the U.S. is expected to exceed the number of births by 2033, according to the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) annual 30-year projection of the U.S. population ...

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) projected Friday that the federal budget deficit would hit $1.9 trillion in fiscal 2025. The nonpartisan budget scorekeeper estimated that federal spending ...

The national debt is slated to rise by $23.9 trillion over the next decade, a sum that does not include trillions of dollars in additional tax cuts being championed by ...

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released its 10-year budget outlook on Friday that showed a slightly brighter picture as higher taxable incomes will relieve some pressure on the rising ...

CBO Projects US Debt to Grow $23.9 Trillion in 10 Years, Not Including Costs of Extending Tax Cuts WASHINGTON (AP) — The national debt is slated to rise by $23.9 trillion over the next decade, a ...

Washington | The US government is on track to surpass record debt levels set after World War II in just four years, the Congressional Budget Office warned on Friday (Saturday AEDT) — even as it ...