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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, and Vice President Kamala Harris listen as President Joe Biden speaks during a meeting with Congressional leaders in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, May 16, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy name negotiators to broker debt ceiling deal, shifting talks into encouraging new phase

By Lisa Mascaro, Seung Min Kim, and others

FILE – Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy of Calif., and Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer of N.Y., listen as President Joe Biden speaks before a meeting to discuss the debt limit in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, May 9, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have very different views on what happened at their debt ceiling meeting

By Lisa Mascaro, Fatima Hussein, and others

Kevin McCarthy, Joe Biden

Biden meets with congressional leaders as prospect of unprecedented default nears

By Zeke Miller, Seung Min Kim, and others

FILE – President Joe Biden talks with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of Calif., as they walk down the House steps as they leave after attending an annual St. Patrick’s Day luncheon gathering at the Capitol in Washington, March 17, 2023. The Tuesday, May 9, White House sitdown between the president and congressional leaders will be the first substantive talks between Biden and McCarthy in months, and comes weeks after House Republicans voted on a bill that would raise the debt limit but impose significant federal spending cuts. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Biden and McCarthy are in a standoff over the debt ceiling and something’s gotta give: ‘We have to avoid default, period. Full stop’

By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated Press

President Joe Biden waves after speaking in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 1, 2023, about National Small Business Week. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Biden spars with Republicans over deep cuts in social programs in exchange for raising the debt ceiling

By Josh Boak, Lisa Mascaro, and others

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., walks from the chamber just after the Republican majority in the House narrowly passed a sweeping debt ceiling package as they try to push President Joe Biden into negotiations on federal spending, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, April 26, 2023. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House Republicans narrowly pass debt ceiling bill Democrats call a ‘ransom note’, in bid to force Biden to cut spending to avoid default

By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others

Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., joined at far left by House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-La., holds an event to mark 100 days of the Republican majority in the House, at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, April 17, 2023. In a speech Monday at the New York Stock Exchange, the Republican leader accused President Joe Biden of refusing to engage in budget-cutting negotiations to prevent a debt crisis. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Biden slams House Speaker McCarthy’s debt plan as ‘huge cuts to important programs’ used by millions of Americans

By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking, and others

Kevin McCarthy

McCarthy claims Republicans will ‘take action’ on ‘ticking time bomb’ of national debt —as GOP leverages debt ceiling for spending cuts

By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated Press

George Santos

Why serial liar congressman George Santos refuses to quit: ‘Truth still matters’

By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated Press

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen listens as she testifies during a House Ways and Means committee hearing on President Joe Biden’s fiscal year 2024 budget request, Friday, March 10, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Behind the scenes of Washington’s U.S. bank rescue after the SVB collapse: ‘We were racing against the clock’

By Lisa Mascaro, Chris Megerian, and others

Wuhan Institute of Virology

House votes 419-0 to declassify intelligence findings on origins of COVID-19

By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated Press

President Joe Biden speaks about his 2024 proposed budget at the Finishing Trades Institute, Thursday, March 9, 2023, in Philadelphia. Biden’s federal budget is a statement of his values. It’s a governing philosophy that believes the wealthy and large corporations should pay more taxes to help stem deficits and lift Americans toward middle class stability. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Biden’s budget battle with House Republicans is blueprint for debt ceiling fight

By Lisa Mascaro, Josh Boak, and others

Mitch McConnell

81-year-old Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell hospitalized after tripping at a hotel

By Mary Clare Jalonick, Lisa Mascaro, and others

WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 09: Architect of the U.S. Capitol Brett Blanton is sworn in before testifying to the House Administration Committee in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill on February 09, 2023 in Washington, DC. According to an inspector general’s report, Blanton is accused of misusing resources, including his official vehicle for personal vacation, and masquerading as an off-duty police officer. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Architect of the Capitol fired after scathing report alleges a series of ‘ethical’ violations including letting his family use his government car

By Lisa Mascaro, Colleen Long, and others

UNITED STATES – FEBRUARY 2: Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., is seen after the House voted to remove her from the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday, February 2, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

Rep. Ilhan Omar’s ouster from House committee for alleged anti-Israel comments is called ‘racist gaslighting’ by her supporters

By Kevin Freking, Lisa Mascaro, and others