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 government hit the debt ceiling back in January which blocked any net new debt from being created from January to June.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congress is taking action Thursday to avert a government shutdown. However, lawmakers are doing so by not addressing the debt ceiling. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has said if ...

We disagree with President Trump on many things, but we can find common ground on abolishing the debt ceiling. We’ve called for an end to the debt ceiling multiple times, and we’re asking our ...

Tuesday began with hope that a debt-ceiling deal could be in sight even as Republicans counseled caution. That guarded optimism largely hinges on some positive signals around the key issue of ...

On Thursday, the White House announced that President Joe Biden has called together a group of top aides to study “all legal and policy options” for preventing future debt ceiling standoffs. The group ...

Your recent editorial makes an important point about the dysfunction surrounding the federal debt ceiling. But in doing so, it blends two very different mechanisms: the debt ceiling and government ...