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The U.S. deficit topped $1.8 trillion in 2024, but a bold idea from Warren Buffett is making the rounds again, and this time, ...

Warren Buffett's decade-old idea to curb America's budget deficits by making Congress members ineligible for re-election if ...

Warren Buffett warns that the U.S. fiscal deficit is on an unsustainable path that will eventually end but no one knows when.

And while neither party has managed to rein in the red ink, legendary investor Warren Buffett once offered a surprisingly ...

The chart below shows how many times per decade Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has outperformed the S&P 500. Each decade, ...

“This bill doesn’t increase the deficit or hurt the debt,” Vought told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union,” responding to earlier comments from tech billionaire Elon Musk.

It would seem that Warren Buffett agrees, with Berkshire Hathaway doubling its ownership of T-bills and now owning 5% of all short-term Treasuries, according to a recent JPMorgan report. " ...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., said on Friday she agrees with President Donald Trump's call to eliminate the debt limit, urging bipartisan action to scrap it permanently. In a post on X ...

Billionaire Warren Buffett has funneled $305.5 billion into a safe-haven asset class, while slashing stakes in banking giants Citigroup, Bank of America, and Capital One. New U.S. Securities and ...

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) on Friday backed President Trump’s call to abolish the nation’s debt ceiling, pressing for bipartisan action to “get rid of it forever.” In a post on X ...

With the stock market struggling in 2025, only four of the world's 10 richest people have added to their wealth in 2025, with one of the four being legendary investor Warren Buffett. While not all ...