Biden expects to meet lawmakers Tuesday for debt talks
REHOBOTH BEACH, Delaware U.S. President Joe Biden said he expects to meet with Congressional leaders Tuesday for talks
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Top Treasury official says debt limit talks have been 'constructive'
A top US economic official said Sunday that talks between congressional staff and the White House have been "constructive" as the US barrels toward a debt limit deadline that could come as soon as June 1.
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Biden says US debt ceiling talks are moving along
WASHINGTON President Joe Biden said on Saturday that talks with Congress on raising the U.S. government's debt limit
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Yellen hopeful of a solution to 'more difficult' debt ceiling showdown
By Andrea Shalal NIIGATA, Japan Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Saturday called the showdown over raising the U.S.
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Debt ceiling: Still no plan to avoid a default, but major shifts in posture
After a week of meetings on the debt ceiling, Congress, the White House and the country still do not have a clear path forward to avoid a cataclysmic default with just four days when both the House and Senate are scheduled to be in session before June 1, when the US could default on its obligations. On one hand, it looks like this could go to the brink. On the other, there have been pockets of progress over the intervening days and signs that some of the most stringent and hardened positions negotiators have been echoing over the last three months are slowly beginning to soften.
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Debt ceiling worries deepen as early June U.S. default reinforced
By Richard Cowan WASHINGTON The Washington standoff over raising the U.S. government's $31.4 trillion borrowing limit is adding
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Trading platform Tradeweb in talks about US default contingency plans
NEW YORK Bond trading platform Tradeweb is in talks with clients, industry groups and other market participants about
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'Every family should be concerned' about debt ceiling, consumer watchdog warns
Leaders in Washington are running out of time to avoid an unprecedented default on US debt. The top consumer watchdog in the federal government is warning of dire consequences for American families.
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Ghana's official creditors pave way for IMF sign-off on $3 billion loan
By Christian Akorlie, Jorgelina do Rosario and Rachel Savage ACCRA (Reuters) -Ghana's official sector creditors have formed a committee co-chaired
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Here's how the 14th Amendment factors into the debt ceiling debate
As the stalemate over addressing the debt ceiling continues and the threat of default looms larger, President Joe Biden has resurfaced the controversial idea of using the 14th Amendment as a way to lift the borrowing cap without Congress.
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Yellen to discuss debt ceiling with bank lobby group - official
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen will discuss the impasse over raising the government debt ceiling with board members
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Here's how we know a US default would be an economic disaster
In CNN's town hall with Donald Trump on Wednesday, the former president said a US default on its debt may be "psychological" and that it "could be nothing" or perhaps just "a bad week or a bad day."
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