Although President-elect Donald Trump wanted to start 2025 without having to worry about the debt ceiling, he did not get his wish. Addressing the debt ceiling, which will be reinstated on January 2, ...

President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday shone a spotlight on the debt ceiling, rejecting a bipartisan government funding deal negotiated by House Speaker Mike Johnson and demanding lawmakers raise ...

You may have missed it amid your New Year’s Eve revelry, but the United States Congress is now, as of the stroke of midnight on Jan. 1, officially in violation of the federal debt limit. That’s ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump's hallmark legislation includes a staggering $5 trillion hike to the debt ceiling — a move that gives Republicans added leverage in bipartisan negotiations. With control of both ...

The federal debt ceiling is back in the news yet again. The U.S. still has a little time to hit its debt ceiling, but President-elect Donald Trump's eleventh-hour demand that Congress suspend the debt ...

In 2023, a stalemate between then-President Joe Biden and congressional Republicans over the debt ceiling prompted panic among financial analysts and everyday Americans alike. The deal they struck, ...

Among the measures being debated by Congress to avert a government shutdown is increasing the debt ceiling — or eliminating it entirely. It's arguably the most unusual demand from President-elect ...

You can’t undo what’s been done. Maybe Chuck Schumer should have forced a government shutdown by filibuster. But that chapter is in the past. Looking down the road, the next big conflict on the ...