The United States will likely default on its $36 trillion debt sometime between mid-July and early October, according to the Bipartisan Policy Center. That’s unless Congress raises the debt ceiling.

The U.S. government will risk defaulting on some of its $36.6 trillion in debt as soon as August unless Congress acts to ...

Republicans see the price of negotiating with Democrats as too high in the face of a revolt against Schumer, who retreated in ...

Although Republicans control Capitol ... GOP-led House and Democrats who controlled the Senate and White House. The cap at the time was $31.4 trillion. In a technical quirk, the US didn’t ...

The latest proposal combines key components of the House and Senate blueprints, with GOP leaders hoping to advance the ...

The Louisiana senator has been tapped to consult with the president on a strategy for avoiding a federal default.

The United States is on track to hit its statutory debt ceiling — the so-called X-date when the country runs short of money to pay its bills— as early as August.

As part of a year-long investigation into Congress’s relationship with slavery, The Washington Post analyzed more than 400 artworks in the U.S. Capitol building, from the Crypt to the ceiling of ...