Follow live updates and the latest news as government funding is set to expire on Saturday if lawmakers fail to pass a short-term spending bill.

Follow live updates and the latest news as government funding is set to expire on Saturday if lawmakers fail to pass a short-term spending bill.

Crane said he told House Speaker Mike Moyle, R-Star, that voters in the May primary chose Republicans who want school ...

Poor education and job discrimination limit opportunities and income ... "The Civil Rights Act of 1964: An Overview." Page 98. Library of Congress. "The Civil Rights Act of 1964: A Long Struggle ...

The new cohort of lawmakers could agree to once again suspend it. They could also get rid of the national debt cap altogether ...

The Treasury secretary urged Congress to protect the full faith and credit of the United States by raising the debt limit. By Alan Rappeport Alan Rappeport has covered debt limit fights during the ...

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

"Treasury expects to hit the statutory debt ceiling between January 14 and January ... "I respectfully urge Congress to act to protect the full faith and credit of the United States," she said.

the government risks defaulting on its debt unless lawmakers and the president agree to lift the limit on the U.S. government’s ability to borrow. "I respectfully urge Congress to act to protect ...

The U.S. debt limit, suspended until January 1 under the 2023 Fiscal Responsibility Act, will soon be reinstated, leaving Congress to negotiate whether to raise or suspend it further. "I ...