U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Wednesday extended the department's authority to continue extraordinary cash ...

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Tuesday said the date for the nation to reach its debt ceiling could change if ...

A new projection of Washington's looming "X date" — when the US government will be unable to pay its bills because of the ...

The federal government risks defaulting on its debt sometime this summer or early fall without congressional action to address its debt ceiling, a new analysis found. The Bipartisan Policy Center ...

Yields on Treasury bills set to mature in early August have been spiking, reflecting concerns about the "X date," the point ...

U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson may have softened his tone on President Donald Trump's massive tax and spending bill, but he continues ...

The debt ceiling is technically about $31.38 trillion, which the U.S. surpassed in January, but Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen took what she’s called “extraordinary measures” to prevent a ...

The bond market is bracing for up to $1 trillion of additional U.S. Treasuries supply in the second half of the year once ...

A proposed $5 trillion debt limit increase could make it hard for Republicans to maintain their fiscal hawk credibility.

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent informed members of Congress that he has decided to extend the current use of extraordinary accounting measures to ...

President Trump is pushing the Federal Reserve to go beyond its legal mandate and help him manage the national debt as ...

Sen. Rand Paul appeared optimistic that he, Ron Johnson, Mike Lee, and Rick Scott will be able to make siubtantial changes to the "Big, Beautiful" budget reconciliation package before sending it back ...