Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says U.S. could hit debt limit in weeks from NPR The Associated Press

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a visit to the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network in Vienna, Va., on Jan. 8.

Yellen told Congress her agency will need to start taking “extraordinary measures,” or special accounting maneuvers intended to prevent the nation from hitting the debt ceiling, as early as Jan. 14.

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