The GOP is again pushing for harsher work requirements for Medicaid and SNAP—even though it would barely dent our national debt.

The House speaker’s list of recommendations doesn’t seem like it’ll save a lot of money.

The treasury secretary did not mince words on the Republican plan.

Have fun with this one, Speaker McCarthy!

Default could permanently threaten our status as the provider of the primary global reserve currency—along with the substantial economic benefits that come from this position of privilege.

“For them, chaos is the point. But we have choices in response.”

Okay, Dark Brandon, you go.

Biden made a vow never to repeat the Obama administration’s worst mistake. His resolve is now being put to a test.

The Florida representative wants to force people to work to get health care.

The discharge petition has been floated as a Hail Mary to avoid default, but the current political conditions do not augur success.

From atop the mountains of Davos, the West Virginia senator has brought down his next big idea: Bring back the supercommittee!

The Treasury Department is taking steps to make sure the U.S. doesn’t default on its debt, as House Republicans and the White House continue to face off.

The new year has brought the same old worries about breaching the debt limit. But there’s one worrying change: An unruly group of House Republicans is now in charge.

The debt ceiling is a legendarily ridiculous problem. Fortunately, there is a ridiculously legendary solution.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Congress that the nation will hit the debt ceiling on January 19. But Republicans have promised to hold the debt ceiling hostage until they get what they want.

The Framers would have never tolerated debt-limit brinkmanship. It’s time to put this terrible idea on trial.

They’re risking catastrophe so they can cut Medicare and Social Security.

If the Democrats don’t use the lame-duck session to take this economic doomsday device out of the incoming GOP’s hands, God help us all.

Congress has an overwhelming to-do list in the final months of the year, including the not-so-small matter of funding the government.

The congressional investigation into the Capitol Riot accomplished much, but it was never a good vehicle to deliver the midterms to the Democrats.