President Donald Trump's hallmark legislation includes a staggering $5 trillion hike to the debt ceiling — a move that gives Republicans added leverage in bipartisan negotiations. With control of both ...

WASHINGTON -- While the concept of the debt ceiling might seem "in the weeds," it actually poses a very real threat to millions of Americans in a precarious economic period. If lawmakers on Capitol ...

The debt ceiling does nothing to enforce fiscal discipline—and threatens real economic harm. Congress should drop this outdated and dangerous charade. President Trump is right. We should junk the debt ...

Ms. Warren is a Democratic senator from Massachusetts and was a candidate for president in 2020. It is possible that hell has frozen over. President Trump and I agree on something very important: ...

The recently passed One Big Beautiful Bill Act increased the debt limit to $41.2 trillion, or 136 percent of GDP. Some believe that Congress will have to raise the debt limit again before the 2026 ...

President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday that Congress should get rid of the debt ceiling, a day after he and Elon Musk came out against a deal reached by congressional lawmakers to fund the ...