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

Fitch Ratings released a report warning that Congress could struggle to raise or suspend the debt limit while also dealing ...

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said that 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 ...

Speaker Mike Johnson and House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington are meeting with a key bloc of House conservatives Wednesday ...

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 ...

The speaker wants to raise the debt ceiling as part of one large budget reconciliation package. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) during a press conference Tuesday. Angelina Katsanis/POLITICO ...

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

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

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

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