By Jim Tankersley WASHINGTON — America’s debt is now six times ... an average of about $1.3 trillion a year for the next decade. The United States hit its $31.4 trillion legal limit on ...

WASHINGTON – A financial crisis could be brewing. The United States hit its $31.4 trillion debt ceiling Thursday, kicking off negotiations between Republicans who control the U.S House of ...

Yesterday, Tankersley had a long-overdue piece looking at how the country amassed $31 trillion in debt. From the get-go, the author acknowledges that something may Tell us again, Democrats ...

No one likes tax hikes, but with $31 trillion in national debt, they must be in the ... members of Congress and their staffs would come to us with creative ways to raise spending or cut taxes.

The United States ... limit of $31.381 trillion on Thursday, forcing the Treasury Department to start using “extraordinary measures” to avoid a market-shaking default on its debt.

The U.S. could hit its self-imposed $31.4 trillion debt limit ... the first time in history that the US would default on any of its obligations due to the debt ceiling law.” ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government is on track to max out on its $31.4 trillion borrowing authority ... the American people have called on us to confront this,” said Scalise.