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 ...

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

The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, which suspended the debt limit until last week, also established binding discretionary ...

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

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

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 ...

Senate Majority Leader John Thune says he'll follow the parliamentarian's rulings, but he'll be pressured not to ...

About a week ago, with US government discretionary funding due to expire on Dec 20, Trump, encouraged by billionaire Elon Musk, demanded the debt limit either be eliminated or extended ...

President-elect Trump is headed for a battle over the debt limit with conservative lawmakers who are demanding steep cuts to federal spending that will significantly complicate Trump’s ability ...