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

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

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

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday the 2023 debt ceiling extension agreed by then House Speaker Kevin McCarthy ...

The U.S. Treasury Department may need to take "extraordinary measures" by as early as Jan. 14 to prevent the United States ...

GOP leaders are staring down two bad options to solve President-elect Donald Trump’s debt-limit problem, after failing to execute his demand to lift the federal borrowing cap in the last ...

A new debt ceiling established this week sets up a coming debate about averting default. The parameters of that standoff are already making Donald Trump unhappy.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Congress that the country could hit the debt ceiling as soon as Jan. 14 in a letter ...

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

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said her department is likely to begin taking special accounting maneuvers sometime in ...

The Treasury Department on Friday said the government is beginning to run out of money to finance its debt obligations.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said her department will soon need to take "extraordinary measures" to prevent the US from ...