A Cook County program, designed to relieve patient medical debt, may not be working for everyone. For many struggling to pay ...

One of the worst traps that can land you in debt is applying for — and receiving — credit cards and then maxing them out. So how do so-called credit card “maxers” end up in this vicious cycle of ...

Brex reports that a business credit card can help separate finances, build credit, and offer rewards, but requires ...

While the federal government has accepted donations to help pay off the national debt for over 60 years, the Venmo and PayPal ...

The Treasury Department raised its projection of borrowing needs in the July-September quarter to $1.007 trillion, up $453 billion from its forecast in April. This is the second-highest amount of ...

President Joe Biden, Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, and other members of congressional leadership are set to sit down Tuesday at the White House to discuss the debt limit, also known as the ...

Government borrowing in the United States, United Kingdom and France exceeds 100% of GDP and keeps rising. Politicians appear ...

The U.S. is once again approaching its debt ceiling, and failure to raise it could trigger a chain reaction across global ...

Paying for college often requires a combination of financial resources, including grants, scholarships, savings, and loans.

Projections that the bill will increase the national debt over time miss the effects of this and of the nominal spending cuts ...

The debt ceiling is the limit placed by Congress on the amount of debt the government can accrue. In order to pay its bills to those it borrowed from and dole out money for everything from ...