In the face of higher tariffs on virtually everything the United States imports, plus a Middle East crisis, the United States ...

Sean Combs, the hip-hop mogul also known as Diddy, was acquitted of sex trafficking and racketeering charges, which carried a ...

With interest costs outpacing defense spending, this piece will help journalists understand the public debt and explain it to ...

The United States on Friday reached $37 trillion in debt, less than a year after it surpassed $36 trillion .

President Donald Trump's tariffs spurred market volatility this year and raised doubts over the dollar's status as the ...

The United States holds the largest external debt among wealthy nations at $25.8 trillion, according to a new study by Falcon ...

United States ranks No. 3 overall in ... The U.S. is a constitution-based federal republic composed of 50 states. The U.S. economy is the world’s largest ... as is the debt incurred from wars ...

NATO member defense spending commitments are overdue, writes Bruce Stokes of the German Marshall Fund. But how plausible are they?

While the debt downgrades are a significant event, they do not necessarily signal protracted economic downturns.