President-elect Donald Trump has called on Congress to extend the U.S. debt ceiling, emphasizing that avoiding a federal default is his top priority. The debt ceiling, which expired at the end of 2023 ...

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., on Sunday wouldn't commit to supporting a short-term extension of the debt ceiling and insisted on a "clean" debt ceiling lift, in an exclusive interview ...

Days from a deadline, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are narrowing in on a two-year budget deal aiming to curb federal deficits in exchange for lifting the nation’s debt ceiling ...