The debt limit fight arose in mid-December after President-elect Donald Trump demanded at the eleventh hour that Republicans ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said congressional Republicans plan to increase the nation’s borrowing limit as a part of a ...

The federal debt limit has no practical value. This suggests that ending it would be a good idea. Yet the laws of unintended ...

Rep. James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said Tuesday that eliminating the debt ceiling is the only area “I really agree with Donald Trump ...

A unified government under President-elect Donald Trump is unlikely to lead to a quick resolution of the U.S. debt-ceiling ...

Ron Johnson said he will not vote for Trump's plan to eliminate the debt limit, but will "negotiate in terms of how far" to ...

Democrats see potential for an agreement with the president-elect that permanently defuses the borrowing-limit threat.

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

Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI) said he will vote against President-elect Donald Trump's plan to eliminate or raise the debt limit.

The nation’s debt ceiling was reinstated Thursday, giving congressional Republicans yet another divisive challenge to contend ...

A new debt ceiling established this week sets up a coming debate about averting default. The parameters of that standoff are ...