The breach of the debt ceiling officially starts the clock on how long Trump and Congress will have to act to avoid a ...

Outgoing Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is announcing that she's planning to take "extraordinary measures" to save the U.S.

As she exited the job, Treasury Secretary Yellen urged Congress to increase or suspend the debt ceiling—and detailed actions ...

Janet L. Yellen, the outgoing Treasury secretary, urged lawmakers to raise the debt limit and protect the full faith and ...

The first openly gay person in the role has the delicate balancing act of cutting taxes and curbing deficits while putting ...

The day after President Donald Trump takes office, the U.S. Treasury said it will employ "extraordinary measures" to avoid ...

This letter serves to notify you, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. § 8348(l)(2), of the extraordinary measures that Treasury will begin ...

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, in a letter on Friday to congressional leaders, said the Treasury would begin using ...

The US Treasury Department says it will take "extraordinary measures" from January 21, so that government debt will not ...

It is not clear how long Congress will have to secure a deal on funding or raising the debt ceiling again once the measures ...

Outgoing Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said her department will start taking special accounting maneuvers as of Jan. 21 to ...