May 21 Watch 2:40 News Wrap: McCarthy, Biden to meet Monday for high-stakes debt limit talks In our news wrap Sunday, as Biden returns to the U.S. from the G7 summit in Japan, House Speaker McCarthy agreed to meet with the president on Monday to continue debt limit negotiations, Russia claims its forces have taken the… Continue watching
May 21 WATCH: Biden holds news briefing on stalled debt limit talks as G7 summit wraps up By Zeke Miller, Josh Boak, Stephen Groves, Associated Press Biden and House Speaker McCarthy will meet in person on Monday as the government races against a looming deadline to raise America’s debt limit before federal funds potentially run dry early next month. Continue reading
May 21 WATCH: Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy meets with Biden as G7 leaders pledge support By Adam Schreck, Foster Klug, Zeke Miller, Associated Press President Joe Biden announced new military aid worth $375 million for Ukraine, saying the U.S. would provide ammunition and armored vehicles. Continue reading
May 20 Watch 2:00 News Wrap: Debt ceiling standoff looms as Biden attends G7 talks In our news wrap Saturday, Biden heads into his last day of the G7 summit in Japan as debt limit talks stall in Congress, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy arrived in Hiroshima to gather support from world leaders ahead of a planned… Continue watching
May 20 Debt limit talks make little apparent progress as Biden, world leaders watch from afar By Kevin Freking, Associated Press Debt limit talks between the White House and House Republicans stopped, started and stopped again heading into a weekend where President Joe Biden and world leaders watched from afar, hoping high-stakes negotiations would make progress on avoiding a potentially catastrophic… Continue reading
May 20 WATCH: Biden, G7 leaders discuss investments in global infrastructure projects By Elaine Kurtenbach, Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press In a joint statement issued Saturday, G7 leaders reiterated their aim to pull together up to $600 billion in financing for projects to develop infrastructure such as railways, clean energy and telecommunications in developing nations. Continue reading
May 20 WATCH: Biden and Indo-Pacific leaders hold Quad partnership talks at G7 meeting By Josh Boak, Zeke Miller, Associated Press President Joe Biden tried to reassure world leaders on Saturday that the U.S. would not default as he consulted with the heads of Australia, Japan and India in a meeting of the so-called Quad partnership that had been hastily rescheduled… Continue reading
May 20 WATCH: Biden meets with Australian prime minister at G7 summit By Associated Press President Joe Biden and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met on Saturday on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Hiroshima. Continue reading
May 19 WATCH: White House holds briefing as Biden attends G-7 summit, debt limit talks stall By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Zeke Miller, Associated Press Top Republican negotiators for McCarthy said after the evening session that they were uncertain on next steps. But the White House publicly expressed optimism that a resolution could be reached if parties negotiated in “good faith.”… Continue reading
May 19 House Republicans ‘press pause’ on debt ceiling talks, criticize White House By Kevin Freking, Lisa Mascaro, Zeke Miller, Associated Press A top debt ceiling negotiator for House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says it's time to "press pause" on talks as negotiations with the White House have come to an abrupt standstill at the Capitol. Continue reading