WASHINGTON -- While the concept of the debt ceiling might seem "in the weeds," it actually poses a very real threat to millions of Americans in a precarious economic period. If lawmakers on Capitol ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden is urging Republicans not to use the filibuster to block Democrats in the Senate from raising the U.S. debt ceiling. “If you don’t want to help save the country, ...

Despite all the hand-wringing over raising the federal debt limit, and the prickly debate between Democrats and Republicans, there’s some confusion about what it actually means. A recent Pew Research ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congress is taking action Thursday to avert a government shutdown. However, lawmakers are doing so by not addressing the debt ceiling. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said if ...

Members of President Donald Trump’s own party could complicate his effort to avoid a standoff over extending the nation’s borrowing limit — which means a complication for Trump’s legislative plans ...

President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday that Congress should get rid of the debt ceiling, a day after he and Elon Musk came out against a deal reached by congressional lawmakers to fund the ...

Just how worried are Americans about the debt ceiling? According to a new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll, 63 percent of them believe refusing to raise the debt limit would be a real and serious ...