A New York Times chart showing the stark impact President Donald Trump's administration has had on the federal deficit made the rounds on social media Wednesday, prompting a mix of alarm and mockery, ...

The U.S. national debt has now surpassed the $40 trillion benchmark, new data from the Treasury Department shows. The four ...

This article was updated Aug. 2 to include a graph with the annual federal deficit in constant dollars. A viral post portrays Democrats, not Republicans, as the party of fiscal responsibility, with ...

When people speak about the burden of the federal debt, they usually refer to the size of the debt relative to the size of ...

Looking at the average monthly deficit, January and February were both worse than average, whereas March was slightly better. The latest quarter was slightly better than last Q2 and also better than ...

The U.S. federal budget deficit for July jumped ‌to $432 billion, a record for the month, as higher outlays and more negative tariff revenues also brought the 2026 fiscal-year-to-date budget gap to $1 ...

Eliminating Social Security's deficit would cut the federal government's primary deficit in half. It would also make Americans happy. Recently, the Congressional Budget Office released its budget ...