The Latest Breaking News from National Debt

You can now send the U.S. government money through Venmo to help pay off the national debt. And if that sounds ridiculous to you, you’re not alone. Personal finance personality Dave Ramsey and co-host Ken Coleman tore into the idea on a recent episode of “The Ramsey Show,” mocking the…

Lecornu was named prime minister on 9 September, replacing François Bayrou who lost a vote of confidence in parliament after proposing €44 billion in budget cuts in a bid to reign in France's national debt.

Ken Griffin warns Trump’s pressure on Jerome Powell and the Federal Reserve risks eroding U.S. institutional credibility.

French national debt has grown steadily over the last 30 years. It is the sum of all public deficits accumulated since the mid-1970s. To compare the amount of national debt to the government’s financing capacity, it is expressed as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP) – debt-to-GDP ratio – which…

Confused by the national debt vs. the national deficit? ChatGPT breaks it down in plain terms and explains why it matters for your wallet and the U.S. economy.

Many baby boomers are living paycheck to paycheck, and they face debt, low savings and rising costs. Learn how that is impacting and delaying retirements.

While Trump frames the issue as consumer pain, Wharton’s Joao Gomes told Fortune that cheaper borrowing would also ease interest payments on the government’s $37 trillion debt burden—likely a central motivation.

In exclusive interviews with Fortune, Wharton professor Joao Gomes and AEI’s Desmond Lachman warned that while tariffs may slow debt growth, they won’t meaningfully reduce it.

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) critic and economist Peter Schiff issued warnings on Friday about America’s mounting debt crisis, linking current fiscal challenges to the 1971 decision that ended the gold standard. The warning comes as national debt has surged $9 trillion in four years to reach $37.09 trillion.

Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) on Thursday backed a “budget-neutral approach” to building a Strategic Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) Reserve, opposing the idea of purchasing additional BTC to address the mounting national debt.

Former U.N. ambassador and Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is raising concerns over what she calls an “unacceptable” level of U.S. national debt, taking shots at her own party in the process.