Unpaid medical bills will no longer appear on credit reports under a final rule announced by the Biden administration.

Democrats see potential for an agreement with the president-elect that permanently defuses the borrowing-limit threat.

The new cohort of lawmakers could agree to once again suspend it. They could also get rid of the national debt cap altogether ...

Helping the millions of Americans who ran up bills because they were uninsured or couldn't cover out-of-pocket costs was one ...

We explore the disagreements that could define the new Congress — and potentially derail Donald Trump’s agenda.

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

Congress ultimately passed a package to fund the federal government into mid-March that did not include Trump’s demand to deal with the debt ceiling. Although the debt ceiling returns on January ...

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

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau finalized a rule that will remove medical  bills from credit reports to end what the bureau called "coercive debt collection practices." ...

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

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