The Congressional Budget Office estimated that the U.S. faces the risk of defaulting on its debt in August or September if lawmakers don't act to raise the debt limit before then.

Scott Bessent, United States Secretary of the Treasury ... no longer have enough of a financial cushion to pay all its bills after exhausting its “extraordinary measures” the accounting maneuvers used ...

The Treasury Department has been using accounting maneuvers, known as extraordinary measures, since Jan. 21 in an effort to avoid breaching the $36.1 trillion limit. The US Treasury has $163 ...

“If the debt limit remains unchanged, the government’s ability to borrow using extraordinary measures ... Treasury’s helm in January, told lawmakers in his confirmation hearing the US ...

The US Treasury Department ... still available in the Treasury's account. Additionally, since January 2, the Treasury has been using temporary accounting tricks dubbed 'extraordinary measures ...

The US could breach the debt ceiling sometime between mid-July and October if Congress does not act, according to the Bipartisan Policy Center. The Treasury Department has been using accounting ...

The U.S. government will probably risk defaulting on some of its $36.6 trillion in debt as soon as August - or possibly even by late May - unless Congress acts to raise the nation's debt ceiling, the ...

WASHINGTON -- The United States is on track to hit its statutory ... cushion to pay all its bills after exhausting its "extraordinary measures," the accounting maneuvers used to stretch existing ...

"The government's ability to borrow using extraordinary ... United States," Bessent wrote in a March 14 letter to Congress. The issue has been on Congress' to-do list since last winter, when then ...

US Could Run Short of Money to Pay Its Bills ... a financial cushion to pay all its bills after exhausting its “extraordinary measures” the accounting maneuvers used to stretch existing ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is on track to hit its statutory ... cushion to pay all its bills after exhausting its “extraordinary measures” the accounting maneuvers used to stretch ...