Fitch Ratings released a report warning that Congress could struggle to raise or suspend the debt limit while also dealing ...

The debt limit fight arose in mid-December after President-elect Donald Trump demanded at the eleventh hour that Republicans ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said congressional Republicans plan to increase the nation’s borrowing limit as a part of a ...

Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said Tuesday that eliminating the debt ceiling is the only area “I really agree with Donald Trump ...

Ron Johnson said he will not vote for Trump's plan to eliminate the debt limit, but will "negotiate in terms of how far" to ...

The speaker wants to raise the debt ceiling as part of one large budget reconciliation package. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) during a press conference Tuesday. Angelina Katsanis/POLITICO ...

Democrats see potential for an agreement with the president-elect that permanently defuses the borrowing-limit threat.

President-elect Trump said that Republicans are working to craft a “powerful” piece of legislation to advance his agenda.

A unified government under President-elect Donald Trump is unlikely to lead to a quick resolution of the U.S. debt-ceiling ...

Investors clutching cash might soon bear the brunt of a U.S. debt-ceiling fight, which could boil over in the next few weeks unless there's a sudden resolution.

Trump cannot repeal the laws of arithmetic when the government hits the federal debt limit, as much as he may try in the ...

Lawmakers certainly have a lengthy to-do list, and the first 100 days will likely come and go in the blink of an eye. That ...