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 ...

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

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

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 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.

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

President-elect Donald Trump Trump said lawmakers should oppose any sweeping spending measure that includes "traps" and ...

Republican hardliners who normally are ardent supporters of President-elect Donald Trump are resisting his push to raise the ...

Among the measures being debated by Congress to avert a government shutdown is increasing the debt ceiling — or eliminating ...