National Debt

In the U.S., there’s an aging workforce in our future. That’s why we’re visiting Cumberland County, Tennessee, where around a third of residents are over 65.

Trump promised tariffs on Day One. None have been announced so far.

The Department of Government Efficiency, aka DOGE, is a task force Trump has appointed, headed by Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy. It has some lofty resolutions for its stated goal of cutting wasteful government spending.

The options on the table: cut spending, default on the national debt, raise the ceiling — or eliminate it altogether.

Between campaign promises and concerns about the deficit, updating the tax code in 2025 will be no easy feat.

President-elect Donald Trump has suggested he would cut or even eliminate income taxes, ramping up the role tariffs play instead.

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget says both candidates’ tax and spending promises would widen deficits, Trump’s by a lot more.

Spending plans proposed by former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris would both add trillions to the national debt.

Decades after the promise of “The Great Society” for Americans, President Biden is once again changing the relationship between the economy and the government.

But this time may be different. One theory is that weaker data allowed companies to prepare and soften the economic landing.