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National debt hits $19.5 trillion

September 1, 2016 8:23 pm

Economy

Debt to reach highest level since 1950 this year

Joseph Lawler -

August 23, 2016 6:03 pm

The federal deficit is on pace to post its first increase for a full fiscal year since 2011. (iStock photo)

Economy

Deficit rises to $514 billion through July

Joseph Lawler -

August 10, 2016 6:45 pm

How does the national debt compare to other countries, and how much do we owe to foreign governments? Who would do a better job at reducing the debt: Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump? (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

8 crazy facts about the national debt

Jason Russell -

August 8, 2016 4:01 am

Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., said President Obama told him in 2013 that he doesn't want to talk publicly about the national debt in great detail because it would make people

Economy

Senator: Obama says talking about the debt makes people ‘scared’

Pete Kasperowicz -

August 3, 2016 1:13 pm

The U.S.'s debt is expected to exceed the country's entire annual economic output in less than 20 years. (AP Photo/Vik Jolly, File)

Columnists

GOP can ignore the debt, but it won’t ignore our children

Philip Klein -

July 18, 2016 4:01 am

News

National debt jumps nearly $100 billion in one day to record high

Pete Kasperowicz -

July 2, 2016 4:01 am

Economy

Senate advances Puerto Rico rescue bill

Susan Ferrechio -

June 29, 2016 2:54 pm

Lawmakers go before the House Rules Committee to prepare a bill for floor debate that would create a financial control board for Puerto Rico and restructure some of the U.S. territory's $70 billion debt, at the Capitol. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Op-Eds

Congress is partly to blame for Puerto Rico mess

Ken Buck -

June 13, 2016 4:04 am

The argument took place when Rep. Luis Gutierrez, left, told Rep. William Lacy Clay that the control board established by the House bill would cost $370 million. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

News

Gutierrez: Puerto Rico bill reveals double-standard for ‘brown people’

Joel Gehrke -

June 10, 2016 6:32 pm

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Tag: National Debt

National debt hits $19.5 trillion

Debt to reach highest level since 1950 this year

Deficit rises to $514 billion through July

8 crazy facts about the national debt

Senator: Obama says talking about the debt makes people ‘scared’

GOP can ignore the debt, but it won’t ignore our children

National debt jumps nearly $100 billion in one day to record high

Senate advances Puerto Rico rescue bill

Congress is partly to blame for Puerto Rico mess

Gutierrez: Puerto Rico bill reveals double-standard for ‘brown people’

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