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 ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

In a letter sent to congressional leaders on Friday, Yellen explained that the Treasury expects to reach the statutory debt ...

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

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says her agency will need to ... maneuvers intended to prevent the nation from hitting the debt ceiling, as early as January 14th, in a letter sent to congressiona ...