A debate over the debt ceiling is at the center of a dispute over funding that is pushing Washington to the brink of a ...

President-elect Donald Trump confounded members of Congress and flipped the government spending debate on its head when he ...

A debate over the debt ceiling is at the center of a disputethat is pushing Washington to the brink of a federal government ...

While many Democrats and budget experts see the debt ceiling as a problem, some fiscal conservatives think it has helped ...

President-elect Donald Trump added a wrinkle to negotiations over a deal to fund the government when he called for an ...

The reality is that a U.S. government default would be unprecedented, and many experts have said it would likely lead to ...

President-elect Trump has thrown a wrench into government funding negotiations with his call to eliminate the debt ceiling ...

President-elect Trump reiterated his support for abolishing or raising the debt ceiling, after House Republicans failed to ...

The debt ceiling is the total amount of money that the government can borrow to meet its existing legal obligations.

President-elect Donald Trump was willing to risk a federal government shutdown in pressing Congress to pause or abolish the ...

In a phone interview with NBC News, Trump said getting rid of the debt ceiling entirely would be the “smartest thing it ...

Months before many officials in Washington — and investors in the bond market — anticipated, the federal debt ceiling has ...