The federal government just added another trillion dollars to the national balance sheet in less than three months, pushing U ...

America has a debt problem, and it appears to be getting worse. According to the latest data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, the total debt burden for American households reached a record ...

A new study finds most credit line increases come from banks, not consumers. Here’s how algorithms are fueling debt.

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In April 2025, Freedom Debt Relief reviewed data from tens of thousands of people actively looking for help with their debt. The numbers might be surprising. About one in four has at least one account ...

Americans, if they’re so inclined, can now donate to pay down the national debt via Venmo and PayPal. The U.S. Treasury Department’s little-known program has been around for decades, and Americans ...

My Albanian-born father-in-law was an American patriot. In the mid-20th century, he served for decades as a CIA operative, quietly fighting against the spread of communism in Europe and Southeast Asia ...

Worldwide total government debt as of 2024, at least according to this source, was $97.5T. That means the US accounts for ...

The U.S. national debt surpassed another historic milestone as it topped $38 trillion for the first time this week, as the federal government continues to rack up debt at a record-setting pace. New ...

Over the last century, America has prospered and maintained the peace worldwide due to the military might unleashed by the ...