Democrats see potential for an agreement with the president-elect that permanently defuses the borrowing-limit threat.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said her department is likely to begin taking special accounting maneuvers sometime in ...

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

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Congress on Friday that "extraordinary measures" will be necessary as early as Jan. 14 ...

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

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

Raising the debt limit by $1.5 trillion ... After the debt ceiling is reinstated at midnight on Jan. 1, the Treasury Department will deploy the typical “extraordinary measures,” cash-shifting ...

The federal debt limit has no practical value. This suggests that ending it would be a good idea. Yet the laws of unintended ...

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 said her agency ... Donald Trump's core debt demand to raise or suspend the nation's debt limit. Congress approved the bill only after fierce internal debate ...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said her department is likely to begin taking special accounting maneuvers sometime in mid-January to avoid breaching the US debt limit, and urged lawmakers to take ...