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  • Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks to reporters after a hectic series of amendment votes and final passage on the big debt ceiling and budget cuts package, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, June 1, 2023. The legislation now goes to President Joe Biden’s desk to become law before the fast-approaching default deadline. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Politics

    Senate passes Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling deal with just days to spare before U.S. hits default date

    By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others
  • Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walks to the House chamber at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. as the House moves toward passage of the debt limit bill. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)Politics

    The Senate is racing to meet the looming debt ceiling deadline before a catastrophic default as they vow to ‘keep working until the job is done’

    By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others
  • House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of R-Calif., speaks as House Minority Whip Rep. Steve Scalise, R.La., left, and Rep. Patrick McHenry, R-N.C., listen at a news conference after the House passed the debt ceiling bill at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, May 31, 2023. The bill now goes to the Senate. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)Politics

    The Biden-McCarthy debt ceiling deal that no one liked sails through the House, leaving the Senate as the final hurdle

    By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others
  • Rep. Scott Perry, R-Pa., left, and Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, speak with reporters as member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus talk about the debt limit deal, during a news conference, Tuesday, May 30, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Politics

    Biden and House Speaker McCarthy scramble for votes as debt ceiling deal comes down to the wire

    By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others
  • President Joe Biden stands with Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin as the national anthem is played at the Memorial Amphitheater of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., on Memorial Day, Monday, May 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)Politics

    Biden leans on both Democrat and Republican lawmakers to support debt ceiling deal

    By Lisa Mascaro, Aamer Madhani, and others
  • House Speaker Kevin McCarthy talks after reaching a debt deal with Biden.Finance

    Congress has just days to approve a Biden-McCarthy debt-ceiling deal and avoid calamity: ‘I’ll debate this bill with anybody’

    By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, and others
  • Joe BidenPolitics

    Biden and McCarthy have a debt ceiling ‘agreement in principle’

    By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, and others
  • Joe BidenPolitics

    Biden says a debt ceiling deal is ‘very close’ as Yellen says America defaulting on its debt is also very close

    By Mary Clare Jalonick, Lisa Mascaro, and others
  • Joe BidenPolitics

    Biden ‘optimistic’ on debt ceiling deal as Yellen warns of default days away

    By Lisa Mascaro, Seung Min Kim, and others
  • US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) (L) looks on as US President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting on the debt ceilingPolitics

    Joe Biden and Kevin McCarthy are ‘dug in’ on opposing debt ceiling positions with deadline looming

    By Lisa Mascaro, Seung Min Kim, and others
  • Kevin McCarthyPolitics

    Kevin McCarthy vows to work ’24/7′ on a debt ceiling solution but House Republicans are about to take a Friday-Monday long weekend

    By Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves, and others
  • Kevin McCarthyPolitics

    Kevin McCarthy says he and White House are ‘still far apart’ but swears ‘we’re not going to default’

    By Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves, and others
  • Kevin McCarthy, Joe BidenPolitics

    ‘Default is not really on the table’: Biden and McCarthy both call debt ceiling talks productive but taxes on the wealthy are a sticking point

    By Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves, and others
  • Joe BidenPolitics

    Biden and McCarthy set for Monday crunch talks after start-stop weekend as debt crisis looms

    By Lisa Mascaro, Stephen Groves, and others
  • US President Joe Biden arrives for a news conference following the Group of Seven (G-7) leaders summit in Hiroshima, Japan, on Sunday, May 21, 2023. (Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg pool via AP)Politics

    Why fixing the debt ceiling is a such struggle in Washington—and how the impasse could end

    By Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, and others