Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. government will never default on its debt obligations as Congress faces a debt ...

Scott Bessent’s remarks were delivered to try and reassure markets which have been roiled by rising US debt and the violent ...

The Education Department has announced it will not garnish Social Security checks to recover defaulted student loan debts.

The Department of Education says garnishments are set to begin this month for certain Social Security beneficiaries.

Nobody likes a downgrade. Noted economist Ben Harris shares his perspective on the latest downgrade to US credit by Moody's ...

The Department of Education and Treasury Department began issuing notices in May warning approximately 195,000 Social ...

For some people, the June Social Security and SSI checks may be smaller than usual as the Department of Education begins ...

US Treasury yields have risen while the dollar has fallen in an unusual divergence some call the "Sell America" trade.

The problem isn’t only the trillions owed. It’s that no modern country has become this indebted absent a crisis.

A significant number of older Americans, many of whom are already navigating fixed incomes in retirement, are facing a new ...

It's a familiar feeling. Fears of the next financial and economic crisis are simmering beneath everyone's optimism. In fact, ...