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

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

The Treasury secretary urged Congress to protect the full faith and credit of the United States by raising the debt limit.

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

"Treasury expects to hit the statutory debt ceiling between January 14 and January 23," Yellen wrote in a letter addressed to ...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen suggested in a letter to Congress on Friday that the department doesn’t think the U.S. will need to take “extraordinary measures” on Jan. 2 to avoid ...

A new debt ceiling established this week sets up a coming debate about averting default. The parameters of that standoff are ...

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

Yellen said in the letter that the debt ceiling could be reached between Jan. 14 and Jan. 23, at which point the Treasury would, "start taking extraordinary measures," to prevent the country from ...

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