A sign displaying national debt hangs from a building in Foggy Bottom on Aug. 20, 2026, in Washington, D.C. Signs have been put up across the country made by the nonpartisan Peter G. Peterson Foundation. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images/TNS)
Commentary, Opinion
How the federal debt happened
WASHINGTON (TNS) — The federal government is drowning itself in red ink, caused by its spending fa...
