U.S. debt crisis reaches $38.5 trillion with interest payments exceeding $1 trillion annually, making deficit reduction mathematically impossible through policy tweaks alone....

Unpaid Secret Service agents foiled alleged Trump assassination plot at Mar-a-Lago when Austin Martin, 21, allegedly entered secure perimeter with shotgun during DHS shutdown....

President Trump faces high stakes in Tuesday night's State of the Union, needing to energize GOP voters as Democrats lead polls by 5 points ahead of November elections....