A top Republican budget hawk called growing federal interest costs "a ticking time bomb that must be defused." ...

Stabilizing debt over the next decade at its current share of the economy would require $9.0 trillion of deficit reduction relative to the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) ...

Long-term yields have hovered around 5%. If they stay there, the government’s inflation-adjusted cost of borrowing will likely exceed the economy’s rate of growth — meaning the debt ratio will rise ...

The United States has the smallest defense budget in nearly 100 years. If the U.S. is in a cold war, it seems to be cheaper and less urgent than the last.

The commerce secretary manages a sprawling organization including trade, fisheries, weather forecasting and cutting-edge AI ...

Lawmakers haven’t even started talking about this problem, much less grappling with it realistically. The Congressional ...

From Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 to 2035, nominal spending will grow by 53 percent according to the latest Congressional Budget Office (CBO) baseline. About 83 percent of this increase can be explained by ...

This is what “unsustainable” fiscal policy looks like. Lawmakers haven’t even started talking about this problem, much less grappling with it realistically. The Congressional Budget Office has just ...

The U.S. stock market swung between volatility and chaos as the Nasdaq, and artificial intelligence and semiconductor stocks in particular, plunged amid news that a potentially cheaper and ...

For decades, the United States has held considerable power in determining the direction of global health policies and ...

The World Health Organization is shaped by its members: 194 countries that set health priorities and make agreements about ...