WASHINGTON — Pushing to strike a debt ceiling deal, the Republican negotiating team headed Wednesday to the White House for more discussions with the sides still far apart. Time is short: There are ...

Biden had insisted on approving the debt ceiling with no strings attached, saying the U.S. always pays its bills and defaulting on debt is non-negotiable. But he launched negotiations after House ...

What The New York Times doesn’t know might hit you in the wallet. It is in the nature of articles about the debt ceiling that no matter how often one tries to set the record straight, nothing ever ...

Staying below the $14.3 trillion ceiling would require spending cuts or tax increases that are far greater than leaders of either party are... Every day, the federal government spends more money than ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans still do ...

Democrats oppose those requirements. Biden had insisted on approving the debt ceiling with no strings attached, saying the U.S. always pays its bills and defaulting on debt is non-negotiable. But he ...

Policy analyst Shai Akabas explains how the debt ceiling has become "a purely political tool" for lawmakers to extract spending concessions. The debt ceiling, explained Bipartisan Policy Center ...

Democrats have urged Biden to raise the debt ceiling on his own, without help from Republicans. Progressives have urged Biden to invoke a clause in the Constitution's 14th Amendment that says the ...