Republicans have leveraged the debt ceiling for years to block Democrats’ agenda. Now liberals see an opening to stymy Trump.

The government exceeded its borrowing limit on Trump's second day in office, leaving the new government with an uncertain ...

Congressional GOP leaders are in a massive pickle as they weigh how to deal with a looming deadline to raise the debt ceiling ...

Members of President Donald Trump’s own party could complicate his effort to avoid a standoff over extending the nation’s ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson said he'd be willing to negotiate with Democrats to raise the debt ceiling, something President ...

On that last front, he made some news, saying he wants his party to not vote to raise the nation’s debt limit unless they extract some policy wins in exchange. "It would be political malpractice for ...

The Treasury Department will begin using accounting moves soon to keep from defaulting. The House Freedom Caucus says its ...

the next step in that process starts on Jan. 1 when — as per a 2023 agreement between President Joe Biden and then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy — a temporary suspension of the debt limit ends ...

President-elect Trump and House Republicans in favor of raising the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap discussed lifting the debt limit in legislative vehicles other than the “big ...

The new president and congressional leaders are meeting Tuesday to hash out a strategy for maintaining US creditworthiness ...

When the debt limit is raised or suspended those funds will be paid back ... Republicans, who will have full control of the White House, House and Senate in the new year, have big plans to extend ...

(JIM WATSON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) · JIM WATSON via Getty Images That's because Johnson dodged the issue with a promise to his House colleagues that any future debt ceiling deal would happen ...