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

Republicans have leveraged the debt ceiling for years to block Democrats’ agenda. Now liberals see an opening to stymy Trump.

On Tuesday, the Treasury Department started taking "extraordinary measures" to avoid breaching the debt ceiling while urging ...

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

Forty-nine House Republicans and a dozen senators have never voted for a law to raise the debt limit, highlighting issues the ...

When the debt limit is raised or suspended those funds will be paid back ... up government borrowing costs such that debt ...

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise discussed Republicans' plans to grapple with several fiscal deadlines on the horizon.

Janet L. Yellen, the outgoing Treasury secretary, urged lawmakers to raise the debt limit and protect the full faith and ...

The national debt currently stands at more than ... various corners of the party are weighing how best to tackle the debt limit, particularly as some fiscal hawks press for steep spending cuts ...

The gigantic national debt is finally starting to spook financial markets. That could hamstring Trump's economic agenda.

During the Obama administration, especially during the period when Republicans controlled the House, there were several confrontations during which the debt ceiling was used as a political weapon ...

Projections from the National Treasury reveal that South Africa's government debt, currently standing at R5. 2 trillion, is ...