A debate over the debt ceiling is at the center of a dispute over funding that is pushing Washington to the brink of a ...

President-elect Donald Trump confounded members of Congress and flipped the government spending debate on its head when he ...

A debate over the debt ceiling is at the center of a disputethat is pushing Washington to the brink of a federal government ...

President-elect Donald Trump added a wrinkle to negotiations over a deal to fund the government when he called for an ...

The reality is that a U.S. government default would be unprecedented, and many experts have said it would likely lead to ...

President-elect Trump reiterated his support for abolishing or raising the debt ceiling, after House Republicans failed to ...

In a phone interview with NBC News, Trump said getting rid of the debt ceiling entirely would be the “smartest thing it ...

President-elect Donald Trump Trump said lawmakers should oppose any sweeping spending measure that includes "traps" and ...

Republican hardliners who normally are ardent supporters of President-elect Donald Trump are resisting his push to raise the ...

Among the measures being debated by Congress to avert a government shutdown is increasing the debt ceiling — or eliminating ...

Democrats have long called for eliminating the debt ceiling. Sen. Elizabeth Warren signaled support for Trump's unexpected ...