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 ...

A Republican drive to quickly pass President Donald Trump’s tax cut proposals and increase the US debt ceiling has been ...

Top Republican lawmakers emerged from a meeting at the Treasury Department on Tuesday saying the House ... the U.S. will default on its debt if Congress doesn’t act on the debt ceiling.

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.