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Entitled Nation

October 20, 2017 7:30 am

None of the funding approved so far is offset with cuts or revenue increases, which means it will add to the annual budget deficit and the total national debt. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

News

Senate won’t add more money to $36.5 billion disaster aid package

Susan Ferrechio -

October 19, 2017 8:36 pm

Politics

Trump vs. H&R Block

Tony Mecia -

October 17, 2017 1:12 pm

Magazine

It’s Trump vs. H&R Block

Tony Mecia -

October 13, 2017 7:00 am

News

Trump faces backlash for suggesting stock market gains are ‘in a sense’ reducing the national debt

Diana Stancy Correll -

October 12, 2017 4:42 am

The debt grew $671 billion in the just-closed fiscal year, much lower than the more than $1 trillion annual growth in the debt under President Obama. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

News

National debt jumps $103 billion on first day of FY 2018

Pete Kasperowicz -

October 3, 2017 8:40 pm

In the past seven years under Obama, the national debt grew by more than $1 trillion per year. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Economy

National debt grew more slowly in FY 2017 under Trump

Pete Kasperowicz -

October 2, 2017 8:32 pm

Rep. Pete Welch says it's too easy for Congress to pass huge spending bills, and then hem and haw later over whether to facilitate that spending by allowing more government borrowing. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Magazine

One lawmaker’s debt ceiling fix: Don’t vote on it at all

Pete Kasperowicz -

October 2, 2017 4:01 am

House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., talks about the Republicans' proposed rewrite of the tax code for individuals and corporations. President Trump and congressional Republicans are writing a far-reaching, $5.8 trillion plan they say would simplify the tax system and nearly double the standard deduction used by most people. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Economy

Republicans insist tax cuts won’t blow up the deficit

Pete Kasperowicz -

September 28, 2017 12:42 pm

The debt ceiling had been frozen at about $19.84 trillion since mid-March. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

News

National debt hits $20 trillion for first time in history

Pete Kasperowicz -

September 11, 2017 8:21 pm

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Entitled Nation

Senate won’t add more money to $36.5 billion disaster aid package

Trump vs. H&R Block

It’s Trump vs. H&R Block

Trump faces backlash for suggesting stock market gains are ‘in a sense’ reducing the national debt

National debt jumps $103 billion on first day of FY 2018

National debt grew more slowly in FY 2017 under Trump

One lawmaker’s debt ceiling fix: Don’t vote on it at all

Republicans insist tax cuts won’t blow up the deficit

National debt hits $20 trillion for first time in history

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