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 ...

This letter serves to notify you, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 8348(l)(2), of the extraordinary measures that Treasury will begin ...

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

President-elect Donald Trump will take charge of a federal government that will reach its self-imposed debt limit of $36 ...

The speaker acknowledged the borrowing limit could be included in government funding talks — where he’ll need Democratic ...

In one of her last acts as Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen says her agency will start taking “extraordinary measures,” or ...

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, the U.S. government’s fiscal health is bleak, with debt and deficits ...

During the Obama administration, especially during the period when Republicans controlled the House, there were several confrontations during which the debt ceiling was used as a political weapon ...

Khanna told Business Insider that a federal minimum wage increase has broad support and that Democrats "should force ...

President-elect Donald Trump has called for either eliminating the debt limit or pushing it far into the future. Many ...

Jan. 18 (UPI) --President-elect Donald Trump will take charge of a federal government that will reach its self-imposed debt limit of $36 trillion a day after he is sworn in on Monday. The Treasury ...