Debt complaints are surging. Here's the sobering reason.

In a related trend, state courts are seeing a spike in debt collection lawsuits. Court filings surged in 2023 and 2024, according to a Sept. 2 report from the Pew Charitable Trusts, based on data from ...
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Relentless Overspending Pushes the National Debt Up by $2 Trillion in the Last Year Alone

The federal government just accumulated an additional $2 trillion in debt over the last 12 months. That’s the kind of debt ...

Saratoga church raises money to erase $2.3 million in medical debt in 7 Bay Area counties

Rev. Joel Martinez at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Saratoga partnered with nonprofit Undue Medical Debt to raise money to pay down medical debt throughout several counties in the Bay ...

Student Loan Update: Trump Admin Resumes Debt Forgiveness Under Key Program

Borrowers under the Income-Based Repayment (IBR) plan are now receiving notices that they still qualify for relief.

U.S. National Debt by Year

The U.S. national debt is the total of what the federal government owes creditors. The U.S. has always carried debt, but the ...