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

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

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

On Tuesday, the Treasury Department started taking "extraordinary measures" to avoid breaching the debt ceiling while urging ...

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

The gigantic national debt is finally starting to spook financial markets. That could hamstring Trump's economic agenda.

Projections from the National Treasury reveal that South Africa's government debt, currently standing at R5. 2 trillion, is ...

The national debt currently stands at more than ... various corners of the party are weighing how best to tackle the debt limit, particularly as some fiscal hawks press for steep spending cuts ...

In one of her last acts as Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen says her agency will start taking “extraordinary measures,” or ...

In this edition of the Hot Seat, Mike Murphy from the Committee for Responsible Budget Policy addresses the $36 trillion ...