WASHINGTON – Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urged congressional leadership to raise the debt ceiling by mid-July, in a ...

WASHINGTON — The U.S. is on track to run out of money to pay its bills as early as August without congressional action, ...

NPR Financial Correspondent Maria Aspan, Host of "Politics Nation" Rev. Al Sharpton, and President of Media Matters for America Angelo Carusone join Nicolle Wallace to discuss the latest flip flop ...

President Trump hailed an agreement with Britain as a breakthrough — but far tougher negotiations, including with China, ...

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Friday called on Congress to raise the nation’s debt ceiling by mid-July to keep the ...

Lawmakers have until August to address the debt ceiling or the US could default on its obligations for the first time ever, ...

Scott Bessent has slammed the Senate for blocking the GENIUS Act, warning it weakens U.S. crypto leadership ahead of the 2026 ...

The so-called "X-date" marks when the government could run out of borrowing power and face an unprecedented default without action from Congress to address the debt limit.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called on Congress to increase or suspend the debt ceiling in a letter to members of ...

The secretary urged them to come up with a solution before its annual break because there is a “reasonable probability” that the extraordinary measures the department is already implementing to pay ...