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

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

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

A debate over the debt ceiling is at the center of a disputethat is pushing Washington to the brink of a federal government ...

A debate over the debt ceiling is at the center of a dispute over funding that is pushing Washington to the brink of a ...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday she expects the U.S. will officially run up against its borrowing limit in mid- ...

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 ...

The debt ceiling is the limit placed by Congress on the amount of ... A default would occur if the U.S. failed to pay ...

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

Large swaths of the U.S. government could temporarily close at midnight on Friday if Congress does not approve a stopgap ...

Republican hardliners who normally are ardent supporters of President-elect Donald Trump are resisting his push to raise the ...

The debt ceiling is the limit placed by Congress ... What happens if the government defaults on the debt? The United States has never defaulted on its debts. That’s part of why U.S. Treasury ...