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U.S. national debt

  • Haley Attacks Trump, Biden Over National Debt
    Haley Attacks Trump, Biden Over National Debt
    Former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N., Nikki Haley, is still vying for the Republican Party's presidential nomination. She took aim at both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump ...
    March 1, 2024BY Epoch Video
  • Highlights and Lowlights on the Way to a $34 Trillion National Debt
    Highlights and Lowlights on the Way to a $34 Trillion National Debt
    The ethos that impelled generations of American leaders to refrain from laying a heavy debt burden on America’s ...
    February 29, 2024BY Mark Hendrickson
  • Rising Debt, Fewer Workers and Slower Growth Since 2001 – Why?
    Rising Debt, Fewer Workers and Slower Growth Since 2001 – Why?
    Commentary Something more dramatic than the loss of 3,000 American lives happened on September 11, 2001. We seem ...
    September 27, 2023BY Gary Alexander
  • US Debt Exceeds $33 Trillion, Grows by $1 Trillion in Three Months
    US Debt Exceeds $33 Trillion, Grows by $1 Trillion in Three Months
    Soaring debt levels can harm the American economy by dampening public and business investments.
    September 19, 2023BY Naveen Athrappully
  • US National Debt Hits All-Time High of $32 Trillion
    US National Debt Hits All-Time High of $32 Trillion
    The U.S. national debt has surpassed $32 trillion for the first time in U.S. history, Treasury Department data released on ...
    June 17, 2023BY Mimi Nguyen Ly
  • NTD News Today (June 8): FBI to Release Biden Document to Avoid Contempt Hearing; Smoke From Canadian Wildfires to Dissipate
    NTD News Today (June 8): FBI to Release Biden Document to Avoid Contempt Hearing; Smoke From Canadian Wildfires to Dissipate
    The FBI agreed to release an internal document related to President Joe Biden, averting possible contempt charges for ...
    June 8, 2023BY Kevin Hogan
  • Democrats Blame ‘Extreme’ Republicans for Debt Limit Deadlock as GOP Demands Accountability
    Democrats Blame ‘Extreme’ Republicans for Debt Limit Deadlock as GOP Demands Accountability
    With debt limit talks running down to the wire in Washington, the finger-pointing continued May 23 on Capitol ...
    May 23, 2023BY Samantha Flom
  • Lifting the Debt Ceiling Isn’t a Social Policy
    Lifting the Debt Ceiling Isn’t a Social Policy
    Commentary Since 1960, Congress has raised the debt ceiling 78 times. The process of increasing the debt limit ...
    May 23, 2023BY Daniel Lacalle
  • Why the Debate Over the Debt Ceiling Is Critical
    Why the Debate Over the Debt Ceiling Is Critical
    Commentary Let’s get one thing off the table. Putting aside the Biden administration’s fear-mongering, the U.S. government won't substantively ...
    May 23, 2023BY Michael Wilkerson
  • Wasteful, ‘Woke’ Spending ‘Existentially Dangerous’ for America: Conservative Group
    Wasteful, ‘Woke’ Spending ‘Existentially Dangerous’ for America: Conservative Group
    With the United States on the brink of default, “woke” ideology is the last place the federal government ...
    May 11, 2023BY Samantha Flom
  • Senate Republicans Defend McCarthy, Rip Biden on Debt Limit: ‘It’s Childish Not to Negotiate’
    Senate Republicans Defend McCarthy, Rip Biden on Debt Limit: ‘It’s Childish Not to Negotiate’
    Senate Republicans stood firmly behind the efforts of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to tie a debt ceiling ...
    May 10, 2023BY Samantha Flom
  • Pressure for Compromise Mounts as Biden, McCarthy Resume Debt Limit Talks
    Pressure for Compromise Mounts as Biden, McCarthy Resume Debt Limit Talks
    As President Joe Biden prepared to welcome House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) to the White House on May ...
    May 9, 2023BY Samantha Flom
  • Biden, McCarthy to Negotiate Debt Ceiling as Default Looms
    Biden, McCarthy to Negotiate Debt Ceiling as Default Looms
    After months of stalled debt ceiling negotiations, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) will meet ...
    May 8, 2023BY Samantha Flom
  • Bipartisan Lawmakers Target ‘Wasteful’ Government Spending Amid Debt Limit Stalemate
    Bipartisan Lawmakers Target ‘Wasteful’ Government Spending Amid Debt Limit Stalemate
    As members of Congress continue their deliberations over the national debt crisis, a bipartisan group of lawmakers are ...
    March 7, 2023BY Samantha Flom
  • Cut Deficit in Half and Debt Will ‘Stabilize’ in 10 Years: CBO Chief
    Cut Deficit in Half and Debt Will ‘Stabilize’ in 10 Years: CBO Chief
    Reducing deficit spending by 50 percent, measured as a percentage of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP), would ...
    March 6, 2023BY Lawrence Wilson
  • Analysis: Economists Disagree on Fallout of Breaking US Debt Ceiling
    Analysis: Economists Disagree on Fallout of Breaking US Debt Ceiling
    The United States will reach its statutory debt ceiling sometime between July and September unless Congress raises it. ...
    February 16, 2023BY Lawrence Wilson
  • US Budget Deficit Up 77 Percent Over Last Year
    US Budget Deficit Up 77 Percent Over Last Year
    The United States accumulated a deficit of $459 billion in the first third of fiscal year 2023, an ...
    February 9, 2023BY Lawrence Wilson
  • McCarthy Makes Case for ‘Responsible’ Increase in Debt Ceiling, Spending Cuts
    McCarthy Makes Case for ‘Responsible’ Increase in Debt Ceiling, Spending Cuts
    House Speaker Kevin McCarthy addressed the nation to rally public support for a “responsible” increase in the nation’s ...
    February 6, 2023BY Lawrence Wilson
  • Rationality and Irrationality in the Debt-Ceiling Issue
    Rationality and Irrationality in the Debt-Ceiling Issue
    Commentary Well, here we go again: For the next few months, we'll be witnessing what I call “the ...
    January 30, 2023BY Mark Hendrickson
  • NTD Business (Jan. 18): Microsoft to Lay Off 10,000 Workers; Senator Probes Mass Government Surveillance Program
    NTD Business (Jan. 18): Microsoft to Lay Off 10,000 Workers; Senator Probes Mass Government Surveillance Program
    Ten thousand workers at Microsoft are facing layoffs, as the company joins a growing list of tech firms ...
    January 18, 2023BY Don Ma
  • Voters Overwhelmingly Concerned About National Debt, $1.7 Trillion Omnibus Is ‘Disaster for Our Country’
    Voters Overwhelmingly Concerned About National Debt, $1.7 Trillion Omnibus Is ‘Disaster for Our Country’
    American voters are concerned about the country’s national debt, which has ballooned over the past decade, with many ...
    January 12, 2023BY Naveen Athrappully
  • A President Who Warned Americans What Extravagant Federal Spending Would Do to Character
    A President Who Warned Americans What Extravagant Federal Spending Would Do to Character
    "I favor the policy of economy, not because I wish to save money, but because I wish to ...
    December 28, 2022BY Lawrence W. Reed
  • Inflation Hits 40-Year High at 9.1%; Economist: 125% Debt-to-GDP Ratio Unsustainable | NTD Business
    Inflation Hits 40-Year High at 9.1%; Economist: 125% Debt-to-GDP Ratio Unsustainable | NTD Business
    Inflation is surging to the highest level in 40 years in June, to 9.1 percent. Is this the peak, ...
    July 13, 2022BY Cheney Wu
  • Watchdog Says Biden’s Budget Pushes ‘Taxpayer Burden’ to $919,000 Each
    Watchdog Says Biden’s Budget Pushes ‘Taxpayer Burden’ to $919,000 Each
    When President Joe Biden submitted his $5.8 trillion Fiscal Year 2023 budget request to Congress in late March, ...
    April 14, 2022BY John Haughey
  • Simpson and Bowles Present Four-Step Debt Reduction Plan
    Simpson and Bowles Present Four-Step Debt Reduction Plan
    Erskine Bowles and Alan Simpson presented their solution to reducing the fiscal deficit Tuesday in Washington. They target ...
    February 19, 2013BY Antonio Perez
  • One Year After US Loses AAA Rating
    One Year After US Loses AAA Rating
    Something happened on Aug. 5 last year that not many people in the world of business and finance ...
    August 8, 2012BY Valentin Schmid
  • CBO Warns Debt Will Be Twice GDP by 2037
    CBO Warns Debt Will Be Twice GDP by 2037
    The Congressional Budget Office warned of explosive growth in national debt if current, unsustainable fiscal policies continue.
    June 5, 2012BY Mary Silver
TOP NEWS
  • Trump Urges Netanyahu Not to Retaliate After Iran’s Missile Attack
    NEW By T.J. Muscaro
    Trump Urges Netanyahu Not to Retaliate After Iran’s Missile Attack
  • America in Photos: USS Iwo Jima Naval Homecoming, Belmont Stakes Horse Race, and Tiananmen Massacre Memorial
    1hr By Epoch Times Staff
    America in Photos: USS Iwo Jima Naval Homecoming, Belmont Stakes Horse Race, and Tiananmen Massacre Memorial
  • Trump on Iran Conflict: Troops Staying Until ‘We Have a Completion’
    5hr By T.J. Muscaro
    Trump on Iran Conflict: Troops Staying Until ‘We Have a Completion’
  • Iran Launches First Missiles at Israel Since Ceasefire Agreement
    6hr By Jacki Thrapp and T.J. Muscaro
    Iran Launches First Missiles at Israel Since Ceasefire Agreement
  • Israel Strikes Beirut Days After US-Supported Ceasefire Announcement
    7hr By Jack Phillips
    Israel Strikes Beirut Days After US-Supported Ceasefire Announcement
  • Former Utah Attorney General Fights the Evil That Lurks in Quiet Places
    7hr By Savannah Hulsey Pointer
    Former Utah Attorney General Fights the Evil That Lurks in Quiet Places
  • US Forces Shoot Down 2 Iranian Drones as Pakistani Interior Minister Visits Tehran
    9hr By Jacki Thrapp
    US Forces Shoot Down 2 Iranian Drones as Pakistani Interior Minister Visits Tehran
  • US Won’t Unfreeze Iran’s Assets Before Peace Deal Is Reached, Trump Says
    10hr By Jacki Thrapp
    US Won’t Unfreeze Iran’s Assets Before Peace Deal Is Reached, Trump Says
  • Fascia: The Living, Interconnected Web Behind Movement and Healing—How to Enhance Its Function
    10hr By Mercura Wang
    Fascia: The Living, Interconnected Web Behind Movement and Healing—How to Enhance Its Function
  • Eli Lilly Poised to Suspend Drug Discounts to Large Hospitals
    14hr By Lawrence Wilson
    Eli Lilly Poised to Suspend Drug Discounts to Large Hospitals
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