“The U.S. government will run out of money to meet all its payment obligations on June 5 if Congress does not raise the debt ceiling, according to a letter Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen sent to lawmakers on Friday,” the Washington Post reports.
“The new projections provide a timeline for lawmakers on Capitol Hill as they try to strike a deal to raise the nation’s borrowing limit and fund the federal government.”
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