The new cohort of lawmakers could agree to once again suspend it. They could also get rid of the national debt cap altogether ...

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

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

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

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Congress that the country could hit the debt ceiling as soon as Jan. 14 in a letter ...

U.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Sunday the 2023 debt ceiling extension agreed by then House Speaker Kevin McCarthy ...

Although President-elect Donald Trump wanted to start 2025 without having to worry about the debt ceiling, he did not get his wish.

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

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 ...