The debate over the debt limit has exposed rifts among Republicans, who will take full control of Congress on Friday.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says her agency will need to start taking "extraordinary measures," or special accounting ...

The nation’s debt ceiling was reinstated Thursday, giving congressional Republicans yet another divisive challenge to contend ...

Democrats "would prefer 'Depression' as long as it hurt the Republican Party," the president-elect wrote on his Truth Social ...

The Speaker of the House of the 119th Congress is now facing several critical political fights while navigating a razor-thin ...

The 119th Congress is tall on ambition, but short on time. The reason parties with unified control are in a hurry is because ...

A new debt ceiling established this week sets up a coming debate about averting default. The parameters of that standoff are already making Donald Trump unhappy.

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In 2018, the orca Tahlequah, or J35, made headlines for her tour of grief, in which she carried the dead body of her calf for ...