The federal debt limit has no practical value. This suggests that ending it would be a good idea. Yet the laws of unintended ...

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

The U.S. Treasury Department may need to take "extraordinary measures" by as early as Jan. 14 to prevent the United States ...

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

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said her department is likely to begin taking special accounting maneuvers sometime in ...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says her agency will need to start taking “extraordinary measures,” or special accounting ...

the nation’s outstanding debt is set to decline slightly on that day so the new limit will be reached again later in the month, according to a letter Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sent to ...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said her department will soon need to take "extraordinary measures" to prevent the US from ...

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

When Republicans won unified control of government, they also won the responsibility to address the country’s debt limit.

Rather than a restraint, it serves as an incentive for more spending. The time is ripe for lasting reforms.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said her department is likely to begin taking special accounting maneuvers sometime in mid-January to avoid breaching the U.S. debt limit, and urged lawmakers to ...