This week marks the biggest test yet for the speakership of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif. McCarthy needs to show that he can keep his members together to approve the Republican version of a ...

WASHINGTON —The House on Wednesday passed a Republican debt ceiling plan that includes $4.5 trillion in cuts and raises the debt ceiling until May 2024, but Democrats say it won't ward off a potential ...

After House Speaker Kevin McCarthy briefed House Republicans on the outlines of a bill to raise the debt ceiling in exchange for spending cuts and policy changes, lawmakers emerged seeking more ...

A bipartisan group of lawmakers drafted a debt ceiling proposal that would help the country avoid defaulting on its loans and would act as a backup plan if House Republicans and President Joe Biden ...