Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says her agency will need to start taking “extraordinary measures,” or special accounting ...

"As we enter this new year, my hope is that Congress — not just our Nebraska representatives — will acknowledge the ...

The federal debt limit has no practical value. This suggests that ending it would be a good idea. Yet the laws of unintended ...

"Just last week, the national debt eclipsed $30 trillion," he said on that night in 2022. "As our national debt balloons, ...

The nation’s debt ceiling was reinstated Thursday, giving congressional Republicans yet another divisive challenge to contend ...

While many Democrats and budget experts see the debt ceiling as a problem, some fiscal conservatives think it has helped ...

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

The College Cost Reduction Act aims to reduce college costs and student loan use. But the bill has some problematic parts ...

Congress is under no obligation to follow that proposal ... Even if you take away pandemic-related debt, he approved $4.8 ...

They argue that negotiations to raise the debt ceiling have provided some of the few historical instances in which Congress has been forced to reach deals to cut the deficit. The past decade-plus ...