US Debt Ceiling Battle Rekindles Debate Over Ukraine Funds More Reuters FILE PHOTO: U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) speaks as he holds a press conference after the House approved the debt ceiling deal he negotiated with the White House to end their standoff and avoid a hist...
(ECNS) -- After months of partisan arm-wrestling, the US Congress approved the bill to raise America's debt ceiling after the Senate's passage late Thursday. The two parties in the United States engaged in a last-minute tug-of-war over the US debt "bomb," which reached a critical poin...
Comicomment: US debt-ceiling debacle far from over (ECNS) -- After months of partisan arm-wrestling, the US Congress approved the bill to raise America's debt ceiling after the Senate's passage late Thursday. The two parties in the United States engaged in a last-minute tug-of-war over...
(ECNS) -- After months of partisan arm-wrestling, the US Congress approved the bill to raise America's debt ceiling after the Senate's passage late Thursday. The two parties in the United States engaged in a last-minute tug-of-war over the US debt "bomb," which reached a critical poin...
GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN ; US Debt Ceiling Weighs on Talks; GOP, President Remain at a Standstill amid Efforts to Raise Debt LimitEspo, David
Dancing on the ceiling sounded like fun when Lionel Richie sang about it. Unfortunately, the reappearance of yet another debilitatingUS debt ceilingstand-off has given investors a sinking feeling. Markets have long assumed that the rebels will inevitably fold, as they did in 2011 and 2013. Treas...
On top of this, the Trump administration has been sending confused signals over its debt ceiling strategy. Mr Mnuchin has been calling for a “clean” bill increasing the debt limit, without any conditions attached. However, Mick Mulvaney, the president’s budget chief, has publicly supported th...
Yellen’s letter comes after Trump last week sought, unsuccessfully, to get Congress to raise the debt ceiling — or even scrap it entirely — under Biden’s watch before Trump takes office next month. Trump urged House Republican leaders to add an extension of the debt ceiling ...
US Debt Ceiling: The Wary View from MexicoAgren, David
The United States is one of the world's most eager consumers of national debt. Due to the high volume of new US national debt being added on an irregular basis, this clock is regularly updated. Source:US Treasury & USA.gov website. US national debt statistics include Intragovernmental Holdin...