President-elect Donald Trump confounded members of Congress and flipped the government spending debate on its head when he ...

A debate over the debt ceiling is at the center of a disputethat is pushing Washington to the brink of a federal government ...

President-elect Donald Trump added a wrinkle to negotiations over a deal to fund the government when he called for an ...

The reality is that a U.S. government default would be unprecedented, and many experts have said it would likely lead to ...

President-elect Trump reiterated his support for abolishing or raising the debt ceiling, after House Republicans failed to ...

President-elect Donald Trump Trump said lawmakers should oppose any sweeping spending measure that includes "traps" and ...

Republican hardliners who normally are ardent supporters of President-elect Donald Trump are resisting his push to raise the ...

In a phone interview with NBC News, Trump said getting rid of the debt ceiling entirely would be the “smartest thing it ...

Among the measures being debated by Congress to avert a government shutdown is increasing the debt ceiling — or eliminating ...

Democrats have long called for eliminating the debt ceiling. Sen. Elizabeth Warren signaled support for Trump's unexpected ...

Donald Trump wants Congress to abolish the debt limit before he takes office and it is pushing the government to the brink of ...

A debate over the debt ceiling is at the center of a dispute over funding that is pushing Washington to the brink of a ...