House approves debt limit deal, sends bill to Senate to avert default
WASHINGTON − The House on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly to approve an agreement by President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy to suspend the nation's debt…
Will the GOP block McCarthy’s debt limit deal with Biden?
WASHINGTON — Over the weekend, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy accomplished the unthinkable — he made a deal with President Biden to prevent the United States from…
SNAP spending would grow under Biden-McCarthy debt limit deal: CBO
WASHINGTON − A bipartisan agreement to avoid a catastrophic default on the nation’s debt would result in the government spending more money, not less, on…
US debt limit deal: How we got here | Politics News
Washington, DC – After weeks of talks and warnings of potential economic disaster, the White House and congressional leaders in the United States have reached…
What’s in Biden-McCarthy’s deal to raise the debt limit
WASHINGTON — Over the weekend, President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced a deal to increase the government’s debt limit, enabling the nation to avoid…
Biden, McCarthy reach last-minute deal to raise debt limit
WASHINGTON — President Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached an “agreement in principle” to raise the federal government’s borrowing limit and cut some spending, McCarthy…
No debt limit deal yet but McCarthy ‘hopeful’ of Saturday agreement
1/5 House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Saturday he is 'always hopeful' when asked if a deal to raise the U.S. debt ceiling and avoid defaulting…
Kevin McCarthy tells Republicans both sides still divided in debt limit talks
1/7 House Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks to the press outside the Oval Office at the White House on Monday after meeting with President Joe Biden…
Joe Biden, Kevin McCarthy to meet today as clock ticks on debt limit
1/6 U.S. President Joe Biden (L) and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (pictured in March) will meet late Monday afternoon to discuss the latest…
Biden’s G-7 summit shadowed by debt limit drama at home
The president’s trip to Asia was rife with dualities. Biden opened his closing press conference in Hiroshima by staking out a firm position in the…
GOP must move off ‘extreme’ positions on debt limit, Biden says
HIROSHIMA, Japan — President Biden will meet in person Monday with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Bakersfield) about averting an economy-wrecking federal default, and the Republican leader…
Debt limit talks seem to make little headway as Biden, world leaders watch from afar for progress
WASHINGTON — Debt limit talks between the White House and House Republicans stopped, started and stopped again heading into a weekend where President Biden and world…
North Carolina GOP Legislature overrides veto of 12-week abortion limit, allowing it to become law
RALEIGH, N.C. — Legislation banning most abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy will become law in North Carolina after the state’s Republican-controlled General Assembly successfully overrode…
Hawley proposes tying China tariffs to debt limit
He’s pushing for it to be a key plank in ongoing bipartisan discussions, according to details shared with POLITICO. Source link
McCarthy sees no movement on debt limit, his biggest test yet
WASHINGTON — The last time House Speaker Kevin McCarthy sat down with President Biden in the Oval Office, he struck a firm but hopeful tone, telling…
Google, Meta threaten to limit services in Canada over news bill | Media
Proposed legislation would force tech giants to pay Canadian news publishers for their content. Google and Meta would withdraw access to news articles in Canada…
House Dems take steps to force debt limit vote, pay America’s bills
WASHINGTON−House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries is done waiting on Republicans.He's moving forward with a plan to "stop right-wing extremists from triggering a dangerous default on…
RBA boss Philip Lowe defends shock interest rate rise, saying ‘there is a limit’ to inflation patience
Just a month after the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) kept rates on hold — to assess the economic fallout from an unprecedented string of…
Colorado’s new gun regulations expand red-flag warnings, limit who can buy
1/3 Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (talking to news media in the wake of a mass shooting at a Boulder grocery story in 2021) on Friday…
House Republicans clear path to vote on debt limit bill
House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La, said Republicans may put their debt ceiling bill to a vote later on Wednesday. File Photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI…