President Joe Biden has extended the moratorium on student loan repayment until May 1, 2022, although some argue that the move does not effectively help borrowers. The moratorium had been ...
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told senators that the United States will reach its debt limit 12 days later than she initially predicted, giving Congress more time to reach an agreement ...
The U.S. Congress—and the entire global economy—dodged a bullet earlier this month, maneuvering around a GOP filibuster that could have caused the U.S. government to default on its debt obligations. ...
A group of Black farmers is seeking to jump into the Texas federal court battle that has stalled a $5 billion debt relief program for farmers of color. The motion ...
The Senate voted 50-48 to pass the bill following weeks of partisan fighting. The $480 billion increase, which would lift the debt limit to $28.9 trillion debt limit, is expected ...
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has offered a deal to Democrats to try to avert a potentially catastrophic debt crisis, ahead of a looming deadline this month. The details remain ...
Republicans say Democrats shouldn’t call their bluff on bringing the U.S. economy to the brink of an economic catastrophe. With time running out for Congress to raise the debt ceiling, ...
Senate Republicans, led by Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, have twice in recent weeks blocked action to raise the debt ceiling, saying they do want action but will not help by ...
The idea for the pricey platinum—which would be unprecedented but not necessarily illegal—was originally floated in 2011 as a run-around in the recurring war between Democrats and Republicans over lifting ...
There’s a really easy way congressional Democrats can raise the debt ceiling on their own, as Republicans have been insisting on. All Republican lawmakers have to do is, well, nothing. ...
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