The nation’s debt ceiling was reinstated Thursday, giving congressional Republicans yet another divisive challenge to contend ...

A key deadline for the government's borrowing limit is rapidly approaching, but lawmakers may not have to deal with it until ...

You may have missed it amid your New Year’s Eve revelry, but the United States Congress is now, as of the stroke of midnight ...

President-elect Donald Trump added a wrinkle to negotiations over a deal to fund the government when he called for an ...

Although President-elect Donald Trump wanted to start 2025 without having to worry about the debt ceiling, he did not get his wish.

President-elect Trump has thrown a wrench into government funding negotiations with his call to eliminate the debt ceiling ...

The federal debt limit has no practical value. This suggests that ending it would be a good idea. Yet the laws of unintended ...

The notification to Congress is the clearest sign yet that the fight to avoid default will likely take place in the early ...

Trump's decision to sabotage a bipartisan deal at the eleventh hour is likely a harbinger of the chaos to come next year when ...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says her agency will need to start taking “extraordinary measures,” or special accounting ...

The debt ceiling, or debt limit, is the total amount of money that the United States government can borrow to meet its ...

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