Politics May 17 WATCH: Biden ‘confident’ agreement will be made with GOP, no debt default for U.S. President Joe Biden is declaring he's confident the U.S. will avoid an unprecedented and potentially catastrophic debt default, saying talks with congressional Republicans have been productive.
Politics May 16 WATCH: McCarthy speaks after another round of debt ceiling talks with Biden McCarthy said one important development from the meeting was that the president had “changed the scope” of who is negotiating in the staff conversations that have been slow-going over the past week.
Politics May 16 WATCH: White House hosts another round of debt ceiling talks between Biden, congressional leaders Crucial debt ceiling negotiations are still far from success, but a deal is possible by the end of the week, McCarthy said after a brief meeting Tuesday with President Joe Biden and other congressional leaders at the White House.
Politics May 10 WATCH: Biden goes after Republicans on debt limit in campaign-style speech Biden on Wednesday blasted Republican-demanded spending cuts as “devastating,” making his case in a campaign-style speech to voters as lawmakers met in Washington on raising the government's borrowing limit to avoid a potentially catastrophic U.S. default.
Politics May 09 WATCH: Biden says debt ceiling talk with McCarthy was ‘productive’ Biden said he and congressional leaders had a “productive” meeting Tuesday on trying to raise the nation's debt limit though no agreement was reached, and they will meet again Friday to try to avert the risk in weeks of an…
Politics May 09 WATCH: McCarthy says he ‘didn’t see any new movement’ on debt ceiling after meeting with Biden House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says after meeting with President Joe Biden and other Democrats that he "didn't see any new movement" toward ending a months-long impasse over raising the nation's borrowing limit.
Politics May 09 WATCH: Can Biden and the GOP avoid a debt ceiling default? With the government at risk of being unable to meet its obligations as soon as June 1, raising the specter of economic chaos, Republicans are coming to the White House hoping to negotiate sweeping cuts to federal spending in exchange…
Politics Apr 21 Dems split on Biden 2024 but most would back him: AP-NORC poll The poll by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research shows that 26% of Americans overall want to see Biden run again — a slight recovery from the 22% who said that in January.
Politics Apr 19 WATCH: Biden blasts GOP ‘wacko notions’ amid debt limit standoff His remarks came as Speaker Kevin McCarthy, who has struggled to coalesce Republicans around a unified budget proposal, released a plan to raise the debt limit by $1.5 trillion in exchange for lifting the debt limit later this year.
World Mar 31 Biden tells Russia to release American journalist: ‘Let him go’ President Joe Biden is urging Russia to release Wall Street Journal Evan Gershkovich, whom the country’s security service arrested on espionage charges — allegations the newspaper denies.