President-elect Donald Trump and Republican colleagues in Congress will begin trying on Wednesday to chart a path to enacting ...

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 ...

To prepare, here’s a cheat sheet of five terms that you are likely to hear. 1. Tariffs A tariff is a tax or duty imposed on a particular class of imports or exports. The exporting country does not pay ...

Investors clutching cash might soon bear the brunt of a U.S. debt-ceiling fight, which could boil over in the next few weeks ...

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday his “intention” is to address the country’s debt limit through the ...

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.

President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he wants the U.S. Congress to extend the nation's debt ceiling, adding that ...

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

Trump and the hard-right House Freedom Caucus have been politically misaligned of late, according to reporting from Punchbowl ...

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

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