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… Continue reading
May 09 WATCH: White House holds news briefing ahead of ‘Big 4’ debt ceiling meeting with Biden By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press McCarthy said Tuesday that a federal debt deal with Biden is needed by next week if Washington hopes to avert a catastrophic national default as a June 1 deadline nears when money could run short for paying America's bills. Continue reading
May 09 Biden to meet with Speaker McCarthy, other congressional leaders, over debt ceiling crisis By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
May 08 WATCH: White House holds news briefing as Biden, Congress continue debt ceiling fight By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
May 02 5 things to know about the debt ceiling crunch By Lisa Desjardins A great many words will be said in the coming days about what should happen now after the Treasury Department revised the debt limit deadline. Here's what you should know. Continue reading
May 01 AP report: Biden calls on congressional leaders to meet on May 9 as debt ceiling fight continues By Josh Boak, Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press 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… Continue reading
May 01 U.S. House Speaker McCarthy says Russia must pull out of Ukraine By Lisa Mascaro, Associated Press 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. Continue reading
May 01 WATCH: Biden takes jab at McCarthy over debt plan during remarks for National Small Business Week By News Desk In his White House speech celebrating small businesses, Biden portrayed the House Republicans' plan as an attempt to extort spending cuts from the administration by putting the federal government at risk of default. Continue reading
May 01 WATCH: House Speaker McCarthy in Knesset amid fraught U.S.-Israel ties By Tia Goldenberg, Ilan Ben Zion, Associated Press The U.S. House speaker has addressed Israel's parliament, a rare honor awarded to the highest-ranking Republican in U.S. politics at a time of fraught relations between Israel's government and Democratic President Joe Biden. Continue reading
Apr 26 Here’s what’s in the GOP bill to lift the U.S. debt limit By Kevin Freking, Associated Press The bill has virtually no chance of becoming law, but Republicans hope it will force Biden to the negotiating table on the debt limit. Continue reading