U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday said several large trade agreements were still waiting to be completed, ...

The U.S. government’s gross national debt has surpassed $37 trillion, setting a new record. This highlights the rapid ...

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent attends a press conference at government quarters Rosenbad after the trade ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday said he was hopeful the Senate would confirm Stephen Miran, now chair of the ...

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave an interview with Fox Business late Tuesday, touching on various policy topics both ...

Trump has tied tariffs so large they are effectively sanctions to an issue Lula’s government has made clear it won’t negotiate on.

Private investors are the biggest holders of national debt – $24.4 trillion as of March 2025 – followed by federal trust funds and retirement programs.

Even as Trump talks about America becoming rich because of his import tax hikes, federal spending keeps outpacing the revenues collected by the U.S. government.

In January 2020, the CBO estimated that gross federal debt would not surpass $37 trillion until after fiscal year 2030.

A POLITICO analysis of DOGE data reveals the organization saved less than 5 percent of its claimed savings from nearly 10,100 ...

New economic numbers show inflation stayed steady last month, but economists say Americans should be bracing for the full ...