Politics May 08 WATCH: White House holds news briefing as Biden, Congress continue debt ceiling fight As President Joe Biden meets Tuesday with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other congressional leaders for the first time over the debt ceiling crisis, the options for easing out of the standoff are many.
Politics May 01 AP report: Biden calls on congressional leaders to meet on May 9 as debt ceiling fight continues President Joe Biden has phoned all four Congressional leaders and invited them to a May 9 meeting at the White House — a sign of the rising pressure to raise the debt cap as the Treasury Department is warning of…
Politics May 01 U.S. House Speaker McCarthy says Russia must pull out of Ukraine Speaker Kevin McCarthy says Russia should "pull out" of Ukraine. The Republican leader was speaking Monday on his first trip abroad as U.S. House speaker at a press conference in Jerusalem.
Politics Apr 26 House Republicans pass U.S. debt bill, pushing Biden on spending House Republicans have passed a sweeping debt ceiling package as they try to push President Biden into negotiations on federal spending. It's the start of efforts to avoid a potentially catastrophic government debt default this summer.
Politics Apr 26 WATCH: House approves GOP debt ceiling plan House Republicans have passed a sweeping debt ceiling package as they try to push President Biden into negotiations on federal spending.
Politics Apr 26 McCarthy works to unite House GOP on debt ceiling bill in late-night changes House Republicans have made post-midnight changes to their sweeping debt ceiling package to win over holdouts.
Politics Apr 19 WATCH: House Speaker McCarthy calls for debt ceiling increase in exchange for budget cuts House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has unveiled a sweeping package that would raise the nation’s debt limit by $1.5 trillion into next year.
Politics Apr 18 McCarthy preps House GOP debt ceiling plan to draw Biden into talks House Speaker Kevin McCarthy worked furiously Tuesday to build support for a Republican plan that would demand strict limits to federal spending in return for agreeing to raise the nation's debt limit and stave off an unprecedented U.S. default.
Politics Apr 18 WATCH: White House holds briefing as House Speaker McCarthy proposes a debt ceiling plan House Speaker Kevin McCarthy worked furiously Tuesday to build support for a Republican plan that would demand strict limits to federal spending in return for agreeing to raise the nation's debt limit and stave off an unprecedented U.S. default.
Politics Apr 17 WATCH: Kevin McCarthy delivers speech after 100 days as House speaker When Rep. Kevin McCarthy emerged from a messy 15-ballot election and ascended to House speaker, he was emboldened rather than chastened by the fight, declaring that his father taught him early on in life: “It’s not how you start; it's how you finish.”…