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

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that the government will reach its statutory borrowing limit on Tuesday and begin ...

WASHINGTON—The U.S. government is now constrained by its statutory debt limit, the Treasury Department said, prompting the ...

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

President-elect Trump and congressional Republicans are plotting how to address the nation’s debt limit this year. The debt ...

Janet L. Yellen, the outgoing Treasury secretary, urged lawmakers to raise the debt limit and protect the full faith and ...

A key deadline for the government's borrowing limit is rapidly approaching, but lawmakers may not have to deal with it until ...

The need for a debt limit hike of trillions and signs of growing bond market concerns could trim Republican economic plans ...

As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, the U.S. government’s fiscal health is bleak, with debt and deficits ...

Those choices could potentially set off a global financial crisis and tank the economy. In recent years, lawmakers have used breaching the debt limit as a negotiating tool, winning concessions ...

During the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second presidency, he has indicated that taxes, border security, mass ...