Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says her agency will need to start taking "extraordinary measures," or special accounting ...

The debate over the debt limit has exposed rifts among Republicans, who will take full control of Congress on Friday.

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

Democrats "would prefer 'Depression' as long as it hurt the Republican Party," the president-elect wrote on his Truth Social ...

The Speaker of the House of the 119th Congress is now facing several critical political fights while navigating a razor-thin ...

A new debt ceiling established this week sets up a coming debate about averting default. The parameters of that standoff are ...

On Jan. 1, the limit resumes on the U.S. national debt of more than $36 trillion. And Republicans are divided on how to handle the cliff, after the House shot down the incoming president's plan.

The 119th Congress is tall on ambition, but short on time. The reason parties with unified control are in a hurry is because ...

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