The U.S. national debt has hit a record $39 trillion. The deficit hit the milestone Wednesday just weeks into the ...

Budget experts agree on one thing. The debt is on an "unsustainable" trajectory.

The United States’ national debt reached record highs, and the current pace of accumulation is signaling major alarms for budget experts ...

An international tax policy expert told Fortune any form of tariff fails to “move the needle one way or the other.” ...

Economist and market commentator Peter Schiff is questioning President Donald Trump's willingness to ask Americans to tolerate higher costs tied to the war while avoiding similar short-term sacrifices ...

In 2023, when he was campaigning to win back the White House, President Donald Trump said he would reduce the federal budget. "Instead of growing the size and scope of the federal government … we will ...

The U.S. budget deficit will grow slightly in fiscal 2026 to $1.853 trillion, the Congressional Budget Office forecast on Wednesday, showing that on balance, President Donald Trump's economic policies ...

President Trump's economic claims in his State of the Union address are not supported by economic statistics, as the U.S. has lost jobs, experienced inflation, and increased its federal deficit and ...

The U.S. trade deficit barely changed from 2024 to 2025, the Commerce Department reported Thursday. Despite President Trump’s campaign to reduce the gap through the aggressive use of tariffs, the ...

Industrial revival requires investing in competitiveness, not reshuffling bilateral trade accounts.

The new lawsuit from state AGs looks to block Trump's use of another law to stand up his sweeping global tariffs.