Speaker Mike Johnson and his GOP budget chief have begun preparations to unify their fractious conference behind a complex ...

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

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

Trump was forced to negotiate with Democrats over the borrowing cap during his first term. By Alan Rappeport Alan Rappeport covers the Treasury Department and has reported on debt limit fights ...

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

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

President-elect Trump is headed for a battle over the debt limit with conservative lawmakers who are demanding steep cuts to ...

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

House Speaker Mike Johnson wants to include one of President-elect Donald Trump’s top priorities inside a colossal border and ...

President-elect Donald Trump will meet with Senate Republicans Wednesday to try to get lawmakers "on the same page" on how to ...