Lenders have let borrowers pay interest with more debt to conserve cash. Like any financial maneuver, the short-term solution can’t weather a prolonged high-interest environment.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said he'd be willing to negotiate with Democrats to raise the debt ceiling, something President ...
Forty-nine House Republicans and a dozen senators have never voted for a law to raise the debt limit, highlighting issues the ...
Since 1960, Congress has acted 78 separate times to permanently raise, temporarily extend, or revise the definition of the ...
Get the facts on the debt ceiling. The debt ceiling is *** cap on how much the country can borrow to pay for what's already ...
Under that 2023 budget deal, Congress suspended the debt ceiling until Jan. 1, 2025. The U.S. Treasury will be able to pay its bills for several more months, but Congress will have to address the ...
The U.S. government will reach its borrowing limit on Tuesday, according to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. The Treasury Department will take "extraordinary measures" to avoid breaching the debt ...
(CNN) — The nation will hit its roughly $36 trillion debt limit on Tuesday, when the Treasury Department will start taking ...