The odds of a federal debt crisis just got more daunting. On Thursday, Congress passed the One Big Beautiful Bill, a sweeping ...

On May 16, 2025, Moody’s lowered the US’ credit rating from Aaa to Aa1, prompting further concern about the national debt. Moody’s lowered its rating because the national debt rapidly expanded due to ...

The OBBB Act raises the debt ceiling and impacts Treasury strategies with $2 trillion in new T-Bills forecasted. Click here ...

The enormous surge in the national debt comes as Congress and President Trump approved the latest omnibus spending bill, ...

So Congress has become the first U.S. institution that really resembles a collection of robots. I will not concede that they ...

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The federal budget deficit is back in the spotlight after the Republican-controlled Congress approved a massive tax and ...

President Trump’s newly passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act will, by most conventional estimates, add trillions to America’s ...

Our nation was born in an epic struggle over the radical ideals of our founding — that (1) we each have value and (2) ...

The Republican budget will add trillions to the national debt. Trump should channel Eisenhower to keep things in check.

Ben Harris is director of economic studies at the Brookings Institution and the former chief economist at the Treasury ...

Here’s how the federal budget reconciliation bill will devastate Alaska’s economy: ...