Elon Musk says AI and robotics are the only way to solve America's $39 trillion debt crisis. Here's what he said, why ...

Quick ReadU.S. federal debt has surpassed its WWII peak at 122% of GDP, yet no wartime emergency or deep recession is driving ...

Economist Mohamed El-Erian said that issuance of new bonds has exceeded the amount of money available to buy it.

America's $39 trillion national debt has become a familiar political football—batted around in budget negotiations, invoked at congressional hearings, and largely ignored between elections. But what ...

America’s debt topped 100 percent of our national GDP last month, marking a grim milestone for the nation. “We’re headed toward uncharted territory,” Marc Goldwein, senior vice president of the ...

In 1974, soon after the first oil shock, William Simon, America’s treasury secretary, flew to Jeddah to sign a secret deal with the king of Saudi Arabia. Among other things, he promised the Saudi ...

Debt is something most people deal with, even if no one talks about it openly. The average American's debt was $104,755 in June 2025, according to data from Experian, the credit bureau. Of course, ...

Most Americans know the national debt is large. Few realize just how quickly it is becoming a threat to their financial future. The United States now carries more than $39 trillion in federal debt.

One of the core tenets of Armstrong's plan to tackle the debt involves amending the Constitution to include a requirement that the fiat currency be backed by a hard asset, such as Bitcoin, that has a ...

How much debt does the average American have in 2026? Debt is something most people deal with, even if no one talks about it openly. The average American's debt was $104,755 in June 2025, according to ...