The government exceeded its borrowing limit on Trump's second day in office, leaving the new government with an uncertain ...

But that was far from the only occasion. It has acted to increase, revise the definition of and extend the debt ceiling 78 times since 1960. Along with increasing the debt ceiling, Congress can ...

Here is a list of our partners and here's how we make money. Updated on Jan. 21. The debt ceiling, or debt limit, is the total amount the U.S. government can borrow in order to meet its existing ...

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

Diccon Hyatt is an experienced financial and economics reporter who has covered the pandemic-era economy in hundreds of stories over the past two years. He's written hundreds of stories breaking ...

Long an anachronism of American politics, the debt ceiling is back front and center on Capitol Hill as lawmakers grapple with trying to pass a budget. President-elect Donald Trump threw a monkey ...

Forty-nine House Republicans and a dozen senators have never voted for a law to raise the debt limit, highlighting issues the ...

Donald Trump hoped to avoid a debt ceiling fight in 2025, but it was not to be. Last month, Democrats and about three dozen of the most conservative Republicans made common cause to reject a plan ...

The nation’s debt ceiling was reinstated Thursday, giving congressional Republicans yet another divisive challenge to contend with in 2025. President-elect Donald Trump is demanding that GOP ...

The battle to choose a new House Speaker underscores a looming threat to America’s financial stability — a struggle in 2023 over raising the “debt ceiling,” the total amount of money the ...

DORAL, Fla. — Democrats in Congress are considering forcing a showdown over the debt limit to rein in President Donald Trump’s vast plans to reshape the U.S. economy and remake the federal ...