Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Congress that the country could hit the debt ceiling as soon as Jan. 14 in a letter ...

A key deadline for the government's borrowing limit is rapidly approaching, but lawmakers may not have to deal with it until ...

The Treasury Department on Friday said the government is beginning to run out of money to finance its debt obligations.

The notification to Congress is the clearest sign yet that the fight to avoid default will likely take place in the early ...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says her agency will need to start taking “extraordinary measures,” or special accounting ...

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Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday she expects the U.S. will officially run up against its borrowing limit in mid- to late-January, starting the clock on a major fiscal challenge facing ...

Alexander Hamilton, whose financial acumen financed George Washington’s army, and very likely paved the way to win the ...

The nation’s debt ceiling was reinstated Thursday, giving congressional Republicans yet another divisive challenge to contend ...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she expects the debt ceiling to be reached around the inauguration date for ...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Congress that the country could hit its debt ceiling as soon as Jan. 14 in a letter sent Friday. Yellen said in the letter that the debt ceiling could be ...