US national debt hit $40.047 trillion on August 18, 2026. Total liabilities could reach $176T when unfunded obligations are ...

The United States national debt reached $40 trillion on August 19, 2026. Here is what drove the milestone, how it can affect households and why Congress may fac ...

The federal debt hit a record $40 trillion on Tuesday, according to the Treasury Department. It’s an inauspicious milestone that will have consequences for Americans, businesses and the government for ...

Faster borrowing — driven in part by lost revenue from invalidated tariffs — means the next debt-limit fight is also likely to arrive ahead of schedule.

President Donald Trump returned to office promising a smaller federal government and stronger growth. Nineteen months later, ...

US national debt surpassed $40 trillion on August 19 as borrowing costs climb and 30-year Treasury yields hit their highest ...

President Trump’s plan to raise the debt limit through the end of his presidency before Republicans likely lose control of ...

Concern over a possible default is expected to intensify in the coming weeks as Congress debates raising the U.S. debt ceiling. The debt limit debate probably sounds like a complicated economic issue.

The debt ceiling was raised to $41.1 trillion by President Donald Trump's Big Beautiful Bill. Experts say we could hit that before the end of the year.

President Joe Biden (R) meets with Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the Oval Office to discuss a standoff on raising the US debt ceiling – Copyright AFP ...