Richard Haass, the president of the Council on Foreign Relations, and other economists have sounded the alarm about the U.S.

The US national debt surpassed another historic milestone as it topped $38 trillion for the first time this week, as the federal government continues to rack up debt at a record-setting pace. New data ...

The United States' national debt is on track to double over the next three decades amid a rush of spending by the White House ...

America’s debt burden has hit $38 trillion. In fact, at the time of writing, it is $19 billion over that mark. Economists are warning that spectators won’t have to wait long until debt hits the $39 ...

The U.S. government’s gross national debt surpassed $38 trillion on Wednesday—just two months after it reached $37 trillion—which comes as the government continues to navigate the federal shutdown.