Republicans have leveraged the debt ceiling for years to block Democrats’ agenda. Now liberals see an opening to stymy Trump.

Members of President Donald Trump’s own party could complicate his effort to avoid a standoff over extending the nation’s ...

House Speaker Mike Johnson said he'd be willing to negotiate with Democrats to raise the debt ceiling, something President ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) in a Tuesday interview with The Hill’s Emily Brooks floated the possibility of working with ...

On that last front, he made some news, saying he wants his party to not vote to raise the nation’s debt limit unless they extract some policy wins in exchange. "It would be political malpractice for ...

A dozen GOP senators and 49 House Republicans — more than 20% of each conference — have never previously voted for a law raising the debt ceiling, according to an analysis of roll call votes ...

Congressional GOP leaders are in a massive pickle as they weigh how to deal with a looming deadline to raise the debt ceiling ...

Khanna told Business Insider that a federal minimum wage increase has broad support and that Democrats "should force ...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, in a letter on Friday to congressional leaders, said the Treasury would begin using ...

The national debt now stands at more than $36 trillion. Trump has called for Congress to move quickly to raise or suspend the debt ceiling. But internal rifts on spending and partisan divides could ...

The new president and congressional leaders are meeting Tuesday to hash out a strategy for maintaining US creditworthiness ...