WASHINGTON - Congressional leaders reached an elaborate deal Tuesday that will allow Democrats to lift the nation’s debt limit without any votes from Republicans, likely averting another last-minute ...

Members of the House on Tuesday pushed through a short-term increase to the nation's debt limit, ensuring the federal government can continue fully paying its bills into December and temporarily ...

WASHINGTON -- While the concept of the debt ceiling might seem "in the weeds," it actually poses a very real threat to millions of Americans in a precarious economic period. If lawmakers on Capitol ...

The GOP's tax bill raised the U.S. debt limit by $5 trillion, which will pave the way for the Treasury Department to issue a deluge of short-term debt to quickly refill its general account. (BofA ...