President Donald Trump defended the escalating national debt, comparing it to real estate leveraging. He also proposed that ...

US debt now exceeds the economy, and rising interest costs are adding pressure, raising questions about how sustainable our ...

U.S. national debt held by the public has surpassed the size of the economy for the first time since World War II, reaching over 100% of GDP in March.

The United States national debt has now grown beyond the size of the country’s GDP, punctuating a long-running trajectory ...

The United States' national debt is on track to double over the next three decades amid a rush of spending by the White House ...

The US national debt passed another grim milestone this past week when government debt held by the public — the most conservative way to measure what is owed — surpassed America’s total annual ...

Federal debt held by the public now surpasses the total value of the nation's economic output. Here's why experts say that's ...

Last week’s grim news about America’s publicly traded debt should be a blaring emergency siren — and a wake-up call. Data ...

The milestone marks a symbolic and economic threshold, with federal debt now roughly twice its historical average relative to the size of the economy. Outside of a brief distortion early in the ...

Fact checked by Suzanne Kvilhaug Reviewed by Samantha Silberstein Key Takeaways As of May 2026, the U.S. national debt exceeded $38 trillion.Budget deficits occur when government spending exceeds tax ...

The U.S. national debt is now larger than the economy as a whole, hitting levels not seen since the aftermath of World War II ...