Too much government debt is harmful to an economy and its citizens. Will Trump and Musk be able to restore fiscal sanity in Washington?

Rising deficits and interest costs impede economic growth and undermine global trust in the dollar.

The winner of the presidential election and majorities in Congress will face several looming fiscal deadlines for the national ... debt. Maryland tops the charts with the most debt among borrowers ...

In December 2023, The Center Square reported the national debt burden had surpassed $100,000 per person ... for the country,” Maya MacGuineas, president of the Committee for a Responsible ...

That threat is our national debt, which recently topped $36 trillion. The facts about the national debt are dire, and its dangerous trajectory has only accelerated in recent years. In February ...