Social work majors might struggle to get student loans. University endowments would be more heavily taxed. But students in ...

Now that the budget bill has passed Congress, we can see clear projections for how it will impact deficits, government debt, ...

The rise of the federal debt over the past two decades has prompted countless warnings that the United States is approaching a fiscal reckoning, a day when the government won’t be able to drink all it ...

President Trump says Fed rate cuts would save the government as much as $900 billion a year in interest payments on its debt.

Among the most expensive pieces of legislation in years, the Republican bill could reshape the country’s finances for a generation.

Republican members of Congress are set to make fundamental changes to how families finance college and repay their student ...

With interest costs outpacing defense spending, this piece will help journalists understand the public debt and explain it to ...

Many states rely on the federal government for the vast majority of their emergency management funding. Now, local leaders ...

Proposed federal student loan caps would limit how much parents can borrow to help pay for their children’s college.

The country's Social Security program is expected to run out of money a year earlier than projected last year, according to the Social Security Board of Trustees on Wednesday. Last year, the board ...

Now his focus has shifted to the federal government’s borrowing costs, which have shot higher since the pandemic, with interest payments running at an annual rate of more than $1 trillion.