WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden is urging Republicans not to use the filibuster to block Democrats in the Senate from raising the U.S. debt ceiling. “If you don’t want to help save the country, ...

The House on Wednesday night passed a bipartisan bill to suspend the debt ceiling, overcoming vocal opposition from conservative and liberal lawmakers and bringing the country one step closer to ...

WASHINGTON - Senate leaders announced an agreement Thursday to extend the government’s borrowing authority into December, temporarily averting an unprecedented federal default that experts say would ...

Senate Republicans back a $5 trillion debt ceiling increase — the largest ever — but experts say it’s unlikely to raise borrowing costs in the short term.

US Democrats have nearly reached a deal with the Trump administration to raise the debt ceiling, allowing the government to borrow more money and avoid a disastrous default, sources close to the ...

Medicare, Medicaid and other entitlements must be reduced, Republican lawmakers said this weekend, before they’ll agree to raise the nation’s borrowing limit to avoid defaulting on its loans, ...

The Senate voted Wednesday night to raise the federal debt ceiling and to reopen the government. The bill passed overwhelmingly, 81 senators supporting to 18 opposing, and will now go the House of ...