Now that the complete dismantling of the U.S. Government looks as though it’s going to require a third full week, the people ...

DORAL, Fla. — Democrats in Congress are considering forcing a showdown over the debt limit to rein in President Donald ...

The government exceeded its borrowing limit on Trump's second day in office, leaving the new government with an uncertain ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson said he'd be willing to negotiate with Democrats to raise the debt ceiling, something President ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) in a Tuesday interview with The Hill’s Emily Brooks floated the possibility of working with ...

Congressional GOP leaders are in a massive pickle as they weigh how to deal with a looming deadline to raise the debt ceiling ...

Addressing the debt limit in reconciliation is not “completely foreclosed,” Johnson said at a POLITICO Live event, but he said House leaders were “looking at all options.” “I’m not wed ...

Eventually, they relent and raise your credit limit. Financial disaster averted. That's somewhat like what's happening with the government debt ceiling, the threat of government shutdowns ...

(Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty ... [+] Images) Extending the U.S. debt ceiling will be one of the first fiscal matters in need of attention by the new Congress and president. This critical action ...

Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said Tuesday that eliminating the debt ceiling is the only area “I really agree with Donald Trump on.” “We should do away with it altogether,” Clyburn told CNN ...

House Republicans believe they will need bipartisan support to raise the debt limit, an item Trump has pushed but some Republicans are staunchly against. Attaching that provision, along with ...