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

The government exceeded its borrowing limit on Trump's second day in office, leaving the new government with an uncertain ...

Eventually, they relent and raise your credit limit. Financial disaster averted. That's somewhat like what's happening with the government debt ceiling, the threat of government shutdowns ...

Republicans have leveraged the debt ceiling for years to block Democrats’ agenda. Now liberals see an opening to stymy Trump.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, in a letter on Friday to congressional leaders, said the Treasury would begin using ...

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 on Jan. 1, officially in violation of the federal debt limit.

Forty-nine House Republicans and a dozen senators have never voted for a law to raise the debt limit, highlighting issues the ...

The U.S. debt ceiling is not a particularly interesting topic, but it's the limit our government can spend before it defaults — almost like a consumer credit card. And while it's just a number ...

She sent a letter in late December to lawmakers stating that Treasury expected to hit the statutory debt ceiling between January 14 and January 23. And now, the agency will stop paying into certain ...

Congressional GOP leaders are in a massive pickle as they weigh how to deal with a looming deadline to raise the debt ceiling ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) in a Tuesday interview with The Hill’s Emily Brooks floated the possibility of working with ...

The breaching of the US debt limit could expose 2 bullish catalysts for stock prices: lower interest rates and gridlock among ...