Two decades of tax cuts, recession responses and bipartisan spending fueled more borrowing — contributing $25 trillion to the total and setting the stage for another federal showdown.

“The U.S. national debt is now more than $31 trillion. How concerned are you about the size of the national debt?” Rasmussen asked 1,000 U.S. likely voters in a survey conducted January 2-4, 2023.

Though raising the government’s borrowing limit is typically a routine procedure, House Republicans are exploiting the ...

While President Joe Biden is pushing to raise the debt ceiling, Republicans insist the $31.4 trillion national debt is breaking the economy.  For all the sound and fury about raising the United States ...

No one likes tax hikes, but with $31 trillion in national debt, they must be in the ... members of Congress and their staffs would come to us with creative ways to raise spending or cut taxes.

Indiana’s Republican Gov. Mitch Daniels delivered the keynote address to the annual Conservative Political Action Committee ...

Claim: Roughly 25% of the nation's debt was incurred during the Trump Administration. Context: A bipartisan package of ...

The U.S. could hit its self-imposed $31.4 trillion debt limit ... the first time in history that the US would default on any of its obligations due to the debt ceiling law.” ...

After some accounting maneuvers the federal government continues running after hitting the debt ceiling of $31.4 trillion.

The U.S. officially hit its $31.4 trillion debt ceiling on Thursday - launching a ticking time bomb toward a potentially ...