The debt limit caps how much the Treasury may borrow to pay for spending Congress already approved, and hitting it without an increase would force choices among payments no law currently defines.
Henrik Larsen
Congress routinely relies on short-term spending bills to avoid shutdowns, but the stopgap funding comes with restrictions that agencies say slow hiring, contracting and new programs.
Eighteen states and Washington, D.C. have pledged their electoral votes to the national popular-vote winner, reviving a state-by-state fight over how presidents are chosen.
Importers write the check to Customs and Border Protection, but government and Federal Reserve research shows the cost mostly lands on consumers within months.
A look at how continuing resolutions work, why lawmakers rely on them almost every year, and what happens when one is not passed by the fiscal deadline.
Valentina SokolovCongress has finished its full appropriations process on time only three times in 47 years, making stopgap spending bills the routine way agencies stay funded.
Henrik LarsenThe Court ruled the law's requirement that ByteDance divest TikTok's US operations does not violate the First Amendment, clearing the law to take effect.
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