A new debt ceiling established this week sets up a coming debate about averting default. The parameters of that standoff are ...

U.S. stocks looked set to trade in the green on Thursday, a welcome change after investors’ jitters about elevated interest ...

President-elect Donald Trump is demanding that GOP lawmakers address the limit before he takes office on January 20, but ...

U.S. stocks looked set to trade in the green on Thursday, a welcome change after investors’ jitters about elevated interest ...

The debate over the debt limit has exposed rifts among Republicans, who will take full control of Congress on Friday.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said her agency will need to start taking "extraordinary measures," or special accounting ...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Congress that the U.S. government could hit its debt limit as early as January 14th, ...

President-elect Donald Trump accused former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of "one of the dumbest political decisions made in ...

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