With the controversial Epstein vote in the rearview mirror, it is time for Congress to focus on the debt crisis — to avoid ...

Older voters have always exerted disproportionate political influence, due to their exceptionally high turnout rates.

Accruing mountains of debt is a common problem among Americans. Data reveals the typical American household carries over $103 ...

Discover how a national debt crisis affects global economies, disrupting trade, boosting inflation, and affecting currency values worldwide.

In their classic book “This Time Is Different: Eight Hundred Years of Financial Folly,” Kenneth Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart found that over the centuries, a high public debt level has been among the ...

In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to ...

While headlines focus on inflation, market instability, and job growth, another crisis has been quietly unfolding: student loan debt. As of April 2025, roughly 5.8 million federal student loan ...

Up to nine million US student loan borrowers risk default as repayment plans vanish and collections resume, forcing families ...

Elon Musk says AI and robotics are the only way to solve the US debt crisis. He predicted that growth in goods and services would outpace inflation within three years. Musk said last month that his ...

We all have so much to worry about these days: international, national, local and familial. As my summer good deed, I’m going to take one off your plate: the national debt. You can ignore it. Did that ...

Brittany M. Powell, “Debt Portrait #3,” San Francisco, CA 2013 Following the 2008 economic crisis, San Francisco-based photographer Brittany M. Powell had trouble finding full-time work. To stay ...