The US has lost its triple-A credit rating from a major agency which blamed government debt.

Moody’s is the last of the three major rating agencies to lower the federal government's credit in 2011 and Fitch Ratings in ...

The agency pointed to the failure of successive administrations and lawmakers to implement measures to curb rising deficits ...

Moodys recent downgrade of the U.S. sovereign credit rating from AAA to Aa1 has stirred a sharp response from Republicans in ...