The White House of 2036 will have a mammoth task on its hands: It will need to rustle up more than $2 trillion a year to pay the interest on its national debt burden, approximately 5% of the nation’s ...

With $39 trillion in national debt, politicians are selling myths about growth and tax hikes — but the real risk is to your savings and purchasing power.

US national debt has exceeded $39 trillion, just weeks into the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, contradicting President Donald Trump’s 2016 promise to eliminate the national debt within eight years.