The United States is on track to hit its statutory debt ceiling — the so-called X-date when the country runs short of money to pay its bills— as early as August.

The debt ceiling does nothing to control spending—and puts the U.S. economy at risk. Congress should eliminate this outdated ...

The agency is being gutted at the same time that its revenue will determine how much longer the government can operate before ...

The U.S. government will probably risk defaulting on some of its $36.6 trillion in debt as soon as August - or possibly even by late May - unless Congress acts to raise the nation's debt ceiling, the ...

(Bloomberg) -- A Republican drive to quickly pass President Donald Trump’s tax cut proposals and increase the US debt ceiling has been at least temporarily delayed by party infighting over federal ...

US raises debt ceiling past $36.2 trillion—boosting market confidence short term, but fueling long-term crypto gains as inflation hedges.

The debt limit was suspended under the Fiscal Responsibility ... extremely negative repercussions of triggering a default, and U.S. debt has been downgraded in the past because lawmakers have ...

The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the U.S. faces the risk of defaulting on its debt in August or September if lawmakers don't act to raise the debt limit before then.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is on track to hit its statutory debt ceiling — the so-called X-date when the country runs short of money to pay its bills— as early as August without a ...