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EconomyForget U.S. debt, China’s total borrowing is in ‘a league of its own’—much worse and deteriorating faster, analyst says
By Jason MaMay 11, 2026
By Eleanor PringleMay 11, 2026
EconomyU.S. Treasury will have to borrow $2 trillion this year just to continue functioning—more than $166 billion every month
By Eleanor PringleMay 7, 2026
Economy‘Any semblance of fiscal responsibility’ has been abandoned, says budget watchdog, as national debt creeps toward $39 trillion milestone
By Eleanor PringleMay 5, 2026
Economy‘Cut up the credit cards:’ Congress is getting brutal about ‘embarrassing’ $31 trillion national debt
By Eleanor PringleMay 1, 2026
EconomyThe debt crisis Congress has been ignoring could cost the average U.S. household $18,000 a year, according to a Brookings analysis
By Shawn TullyApril 30, 2026
EconomyJamie Dimon gets candid about national debt: ‘There will be a bond crisis, and then we’ll have to deal with it’
By Eleanor PringleApril 29, 2026
EconomyTrump’s ‘gold card’ visas were supposed to solve the $39 trillion national debt. They’ve sold only one
By Eleanor PringleApril 28, 2026
EconomyWhen interest on national debt overtook military spending, it triggered a limit where the U.S. may ‘cease to be a great power,’ warns Hoover historian
By Eleanor PringleApril 23, 2026
EconomyThe director of the Congressional Budget Office—known for its gloomy national debt data—is very optimistic that a crisis will be avoided entirely
By Eleanor PringleApril 20, 2026
Economy‘We have to be able to walk and chew gum’ on government spending, says budget chairman, addressing debt crisis and national security
By Eleanor PringleApril 14, 2026
EconomyThe next generation of senators has a ticking time bomb in its lap: Social Security’s impending insolvency and no plan for the national debt
By Eleanor PringleApril 10, 2026
Economy‘We owe it to the next generation’ to get national debt under control, says think tank boss, as U.S. borrowing hits $1.2 trillion in just six months
By Eleanor PringleApril 10, 2026
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