President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday rejected Congress' bipartisan plan that would have temporarily funded the government and dodged a serious shutdown that could begin on Friday night. But Trump ...

A debate over the debt ceiling is at the center of a dispute over funding that is pushing Washington to the brink of a federal government shutdown. President-elect Donald Trump has demanded that a ...

The U.S. national debt has increased by $1 trillion in the five weeks since President Biden signed a bill into law that effectively turns off the debt ceiling until 2025. According to Treasury ...

Just two weeks after he was sworn into office, former President Ronald Reagan went on national television to address the ...

This statement about the potential impact of the federal government missing payments on its debt and security obligations for several weeks, which went to the IGM’s US panel of economic experts, found ...

House Republicans sent negotiators to the White House yesterday. Leaders in Washington continue to negotiate a debt ceiling deal. Samuel Corum / Getty Images file Live coverage of the debt ceiling ...

Because of the potentially catastrophic consequences of defaulting on the national debt, some government workers and legal experts have offered this solution: Just don’t pay attention to the debt ...

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We’ve wrapped up our live coverage for the day. You can read more about the debt ceiling negotiations here, or scroll through the updates below. President Joe Biden urged Congress to pass the ...

WASHINGTON − Lawmakers are turning their backs on passing a short-term debt limit increase that would delay a default on the nation’s debt as President Joe Biden and House Republicans remain ...

President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy are set to meet again as the government approaches a deadline to continue paying its bills. By Alan Rappeport President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy are ...