Yellen Issues Debt Limit Warning to Congress

The Treasury secretary urged Congress to protect the full faith and credit of the United States by raising the debt limit.

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Treasury secretary warns Congress as US nears its debt limit

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Congress on Friday that the U.S. will hit its debt limit unless the government takes "extraordinary measures" to avoid default. The notification likely means ...
NBC News - 1h
Yellen says extraordinary measures to avoid default will begin as soon as Jan. 14

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen suggested in a letter to Congress on Friday that the department doesn't think the U.S. will need to take "extraordinary measures" on Jan. 2 to avoid defaulting on ...
The Hill - 14h
Yellen: US will hit debt ceiling in mid- or late-January

Politico - 15h
Yellow weather warning issued for Hogmanay

Forecasters warned a deluge of rain could bring "significant disruption" to the end of the year.
BBC News - 21h
Janet Yellen tells Congress that U.S. could hit debt limit in mid-January

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said her agency will need to start taking "extraordinary measures" or special accounting maneuvers intended to prevent the nation from hitting the debt ceiling by ...
CBS News - 15h
Hogmanay plans at risk as severe weather warning issued for Scotland

Preparations for new year’s street parties under way as Met Office warns of ‘significant disruption’ due to heavy rain on 30 and 31 December. A severe weather warning is threatening to put a ...
The Guardian - 21h
This home builder issued its third profit warning in three months. Its stock is tanking.

Britain’s Vistry Group on Tuesday issued its third profit warning in as many months, sending its already-battered stock spiraling lower.
MarketWatch - 4d
Marianne Jean-Baptiste tests our limits of empathy in 'Hard Truths'

Of all the movie protagonists you might have seen this year, none is quite like Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s Pansy in Mike Leigh’s “Hard Truths.”
ABC News - 4d
Congress Delays Threatened DJI Drone Ban for a Year

The 2025 National Defense Authorization Act passed without an amendment effectively banning the China-made drones, but left a door open for a prohibition in 12 months.
Inc. - 4d