Debt
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By Nick LichtenbergFebruary 25, 2026
EconomyU.S. debt concerns weigh on Trump’s plan to supersize the Pentagon’s budget to $1.5 trillion, highlighting this law about great-power status
By Jason MaFebruary 23, 2026
Economy‘Maya MacGuineas should be ashamed’: Scott Bessent launches war of words with the nonpartisan think tank that agrees with Trump on tariffs
By Tristan BoveFebruary 23, 2026
Economy‘We are in a dismal fiscal situation, and it just got worse’: Budget watchdog sounds the alarm even louder after Supreme Court erases Trump’s tariffs
By Tristan BoveFebruary 20, 2026
EconomyThe ‘alternative scenario’ of an even bigger national debt disaster is in play after the Supreme Court ruled Trump’s tariffs illegal
By Tristan BoveFebruary 20, 2026
AIFed staff are more worried about stock prices than tech debt, even as hyperscalers go on a borrowing binge for their AI spending
By Jason MaFebruary 20, 2026
EconomyAmerica faces a ‘debt crisis’ a lot like the 1980s when a ‘private pact’ brokered by Ronald Reagan did the trick
By Tristan BoveFebruary 19, 2026
EconomySocial Security’s trust fund is nearing insolvency, and the borrowing binge that may follow will rip through debt markets, economist warns
By Jason MaFebruary 15, 2026
PoliticsU.S. literally can’t afford to lose superpower status as debt looms—so we’re stuck in an ‘increasingly loveless’ marriage with Europe, analyst says
By Jason MaFebruary 15, 2026
EconomyA U.S. ‘debt spiral’ could start soon as the interest rate on government borrowing is poised to exceed economic growth, budget watchdog says
By Jason MaFebruary 14, 2026
EconomyAmerica’s national debt borrowing binge means interest payments will rocket to $2 trillion a year by 2036, CBO says
By Eleanor PringleFebruary 11, 2026
EconomyAmerica borrowed $43.5 billion a week in the first four months of the fiscal year, with debt interest on track to be over $1 trillion for 2026
By Eleanor PringleFebruary 10, 2026
EconomyChina might be beginning to back away from U.S. debt as investors get nervous about overexposure to American assets
By Eleanor PringleFebruary 9, 2026
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