The highly anticipated meeting between President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy comes amid an ongoing standoff ...

Who’s going to steer away from the cliff? Inquiring minds in Congress, on Wall Street and across the country want to know.

But the most important difference is that this time Republicans aren’t making coherent demands. It’s completely unclear what, ...

When House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) sits down with President Joe Biden on Wednesday, they may meet in the Oval Office but the California Republican will be walking into the lion’s den.

President Joe Biden's highly anticipated meeting with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) is a tentative first step toward avoiding a default after the country reached its $31.4 trillion debt limit ...

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was blunt this week when he said the central bank couldn't shield the economy from the ...

When President Biden gives his State of the Union address, new House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will be seated above his shoulder, on the dais.

There was almost always a deal to be made, in Biden’s view, as long as the other side had the patience to hear him out. A ...

Congress could raise the debt ceiling any time, but Republicans who control the House refuse. They seem to think they’ll gain ...

But the most important difference is that this time Republicans aren’t making coherent demands. It’s completely unclear what, ...

"I want to look the president in the eye and [have him] tell me there's not one dollar of wasteful spending in government," the California Republican has said. "Who believes that? The American public ...

Joe Manchin (D-WV) is proposing a repeat of one of the central mechanisms of that grim period: a bipartisan deficit reduction ...