Politicians have discussed the importance of reigning in the U.S. government’s debt with varying vigor for decades. Those debates have brought more attention to federal debt over the years, leading to ...

For eight years, a state pension debt clock sat in the Pennsylvania Capitol as a visual reminder of a bill that taxpayers are on the hook to pay. Last Thursday, the digital clock — that sometimes grew ...

For eight years, a state pension debt clock sat in the Pennsylvania Capitol as a visual reminder of a bill that taxpayers are on the hook to pay. Last Thursday, the digital clock — that sometimes grew ...

In a sign of the times, the legendary National Debt Clock in New York City has run out of digits to record the growing debt. The Times Square-area ticker needs two additional digits to track a ...

It happened over the weekend: We woke up Monday morning and the United States Debt Clock had clicked past $35 trillion. A nice round number. Or perhaps just a round number. No nice about it. (You can ...

Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) announced on Monday he will reprogram his debt clock badge to display milliseconds elapsed since President Donald Trump last tweeted attacks against him, escalating their ...

NEW YORK (AP) âÄî In a sign of the times, the National Debt Clock in New York City has run out of digits to record the growing figure. As a short-term fix, the digital dollar sign on the ...