President-elect Donald Trump will take charge of a federal government that will reach its self-imposed debt limit of $36 ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that the government will reach its statutory borrowing limit on Tuesday and begin ...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, in a letter on Friday to congressional leaders, said the Treasury would begin using ...

In one of her last acts as Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen says her agency will start taking “extraordinary measures,” or ...

A Congressional Budget Office report shows debt closing in on a post-World War II high as a share of GDP.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday the nation will hit its debt ceiling the day after President Trump is inaugurated ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that the government would reach its statutory borrowing limit on Tuesday and would ...

The new president and congressional leaders are meeting Tuesday to hash out a strategy for maintaining US creditworthiness ...

This letter serves to notify you, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 8348(l)(2), of the extraordinary measures that Treasury will begin ...

President Donald Trump prodded congressional leaders to consider recess appointments for his top nominees and expressed ...

Janet L. Yellen, the outgoing Treasury secretary, urged lawmakers to raise the debt limit and protect the full faith and credit of the United States. By Alan Rappeport Reporting from Washington ...

The nation will hit its roughly $36 trillion debt limit on Tuesday, when the Treasury Department will start taking ...