Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday to raise the debt ceiling by mid-July, in case the government's extraordinary measures run out while Congress is on its August ...

With just two days to spare, President Joe Biden signed legislation on Saturday that lifts the nation's debt ceiling, averting an unprecedented default on the federal government's debt.

LONDON, April 20 (Reuters) - Market jitters over the U.S. debt ceiling lifted the cost of insuring exposure to its debt to the highest level in over a decade on Thursday, while JPMorgan warned of ...

But budget hawks urged passage. “The process was tense, risky and ugly, but in the end, we have a plan to enact savings and lift the debt ceiling, and that is what is needed,” said Maya ...

In social media posts and interviews on Wednesday and Thursday, Trump called on congressional Republicans to lift the debt ceiling, a law that limits how much money the federal government can borrow.

There's growing concern that Congress might not be able to reach a deal to lift the debt ceiling. But there's a creative, yet unlikely work-around: the trillion dollar coin. All right. There is ...

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 ...

said in a statement the president can support the House-passed legislation last month that had a debt ceiling lift "or engage in good-faith, bipartisan negotiations to find common ground to avoid ...