FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 8, 2011 file photo, a statue of former Treasury Secretary Albert Gallatin stands outside the Treasury Building in Washington. Foreign demand for U.S. Treasury securities ...

"A debt ceiling agreement must be reached in time to avert an unprecedented suspension of funding for the millions of patients who rely on Medicare, Medicaid and other federal health programs," ...

Congressional Republicans appear to be on the verge of agreeing to a relatively short-term increase to the debt ceiling, a week before the deadline set by Treasury. But all of the various factors ...

The easiest way for the United States to keep paying the debts it owes is for Congress to raise the debt ceiling like it usually does. However, House Republicans do not want to do it the easy way.

Rep. Tom Reed, R-N.Y., center, is joined by other members of Congress on July 19, 2011, outside the White House in Washington, after releasing a letter to President Barack Obama urging him to deal ...

One problem with this tax cut deal is that it trades one hostage that the GOP is holding for massive tax cuts for the rich and three additional hostages – the debt ceiling debate, the ending of ...