Concerns about the national debt from Elon Musk and some Republican lawmakers is complicating the path to passage for Trump's ...

The U.S. Education Department has reversed course and now says it has not and will not garnish the Social Security benefits ...

Bond-market participants are looking ahead to Wednesday afternoon's $39 billion sale of 10-year notes for an indication of whether demand for U.S. government debt is holding up. "While there remains ...

Borrowers who have defaulted on their student loans will no longer be at risk of having their Social Security benefits ...

Government to consult on regulation of enforcement sector as well as increase protections for those facing debt enforcement ...

The federal government is set to resume efforts to collect defaulted federal student loan debts. A significant move impacting ...

Republicans in Congress are hashing out a new tax cut and spending bill that's projected to add trillions to the national debt. Economics correspondent Paul Solman explains the ballooning national ...