This critical action allows the government to continue borrowing to meet its legally binding financial obligations.

President-elect Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he wants the U.S. Congress to extend the nation's debt ceiling, adding that ...

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The speaker of the US House said Sunday he was pushing an "aggressive" timeframe for getting a multi-trillion-dollar bill ...

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President-elect Donald Trump stressed in a meeting with the Senate GOP on Wednesday that he wants to pass his agenda as ...

Now Republicans again will be in control as the 119th Congress convenes today. U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson, R-Centre, ticked off ...

such as the sequester and failing to raise the debt ceiling; and increase economic growth in the United States through education, infrastructure, immigration, and tax reforms.

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-Benton, talks briefly to reporters just before a vote on an interim spending bill to ...