Fitch Ratings released a report warning that Congress could struggle to raise or suspend the debt limit while also dealing ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said that congressional Republicans plan to increase the nation’s borrowing limit as a part of a ...

The debt limit fight arose in mid-December after President-elect Donald Trump demanded at the eleventh hour that Republicans ...

Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said Tuesday that eliminating the debt ceiling is the only area “I really agree with Donald Trump ...

Ron Johnson said he will not vote for Trump's plan to eliminate the debt limit, but will "negotiate in terms of how far" to ...

The speaker wants to raise the debt ceiling as part of one large budget reconciliation package. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) during a press conference Tuesday. Angelina Katsanis/POLITICO ...

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

A unified government under President-elect Donald Trump is unlikely to lead to a quick resolution of the U.S. debt-ceiling ...

Republicans are officially back in control of both chambers of Congress for the first time since 2019. Now, they’re facing ...

Trump cannot repeal the laws of arithmetic when the government hits the federal debt limit, as much as he may try in the ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson said cuts to Social Security and Medicare won't be part of the legislative plan being worked out ...

Investors clutching cash might soon bear the brunt of a U.S. debt-ceiling fight, which could boil over in the next few weeks unless there's a sudden resolution.