Debt-Ceiling Fight Has New X Factor: Trump
Democrats see potential for an agreement with the president-elect that permanently defuses the borrowing-limit threat.
Does the United States need a debt limit?
The federal debt limit has no practical value. This suggests that ending it would be a good idea. Yet the laws of unintended ...
Trump attacks 'dumbest' 2023 debt limit extension
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday the 2023 debt ceiling extension agreed by then House Speaker Kevin McCarthy ...
Janet Yellen tells Congress US could hit debt limit in mid-January
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says her agency will need to start taking “extraordinary measures,” or special accounting ...
Federal government nears debt-ceiling limit, Yellen warns
The Treasury Department on Friday said the government is beginning to run out of money to finance its debt obligations.
Yellen Says Treasury to Hit New Debt Limit in Mid-January
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said her department is likely to begin taking special accounting maneuvers sometime in ...
The debt ceiling is back, but no need to worry – yet
The nation’s debt ceiling was reinstated Thursday, giving congressional Republicans yet another divisive challenge to contend ...
Trump on collision course with conservatives over debt limit
President-elect Trump is headed for a battle over the debt limit with conservative lawmakers who are demanding steep cuts to ...
Happy New Year, the debt limit is here. Get ready for an all-out war over it.
On Jan. 1, the limit resumes on the U.S. national debt of more than $36 trillion. And Republicans are divided on how to handle the cliff, after the House shot down the incoming president's plan.
New Biden rule would remove medical debt from millions of credit reports
The Biden Administration announced an initiative Tuesday to remove an estimated $49 billion in medical debt from credit ...