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  • 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

    How Biden and House Speaker McCarthy ‘shrunk the room’ to get to a debt ceiling deal and avoid a disastrous default

    By Seung Min Kim, Stephen Groves, 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

    As the debt ceiling fight goes down to the wire, Kevin McCarthy can’t stop talking as Joe Biden goes quiet

    By Seung Min Kim and The Associated Press
  • 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
  • WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 16: U.S. Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA) speaks to reporters as he laves a House Republican caucus meeting at the U.S. Capitol on May 16, 2023 in Washington, DC. President Biden and congressional lawmakers continue to work on a deal to raise the debt ceiling ahead of the June 1 deadline, when U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned Congress that the United States would default on their debts. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)Politics

    Meet the 4 negotiators doing the real work in the debt limit fight and whose dealmaking may usher in economic stability—or chaos

    By Seung Min Kim, Kevin Freking, and others
  • Joe BidenPolitics

    Biden confident that ‘America will not default’ as he praises ‘good faith’ talks with McCarthy on debt ceiling deal

    By Seung Min Kim, Lisa Mascaro, and others
  • President Joe Biden speaks about the debt limit talks in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Wednesday, May 17, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Politics

    Biden says he’s ‘confident’ about an agreement to avoid a US debt default because ‘there’s no alternative’

    By Seung Min Kim, Lisa Mascaro, and others
  • 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)Politics

    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)Politics

    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
  • Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy of Calif., left, listens as President Joe Biden speaks before a meeting on the debt limit in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, May 9, 2023, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Politics

    Biden turns up heat on GOP speaker McCarthy over debt ceiling impasse: ‘He’s proposed deep cuts that I believe will hurt American families’

    By Seung Min Kim and The Associated Press
  • Kevin McCarthy, Joe BidenPolitics

    Biden meets with congressional leaders as prospect of unprecedented default nears

    By Zeke Miller, Seung Min Kim, and others
  • US President Joe Biden speaks to members of the media before boarding Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, March 31, 2023. Biden is traveling to Rolling Fork, Mississippi, to tour storm damage and meet with those affected by the deadly tornadoes that killed more than two dozen people last week. Photographer: Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesPolitics

    Joe Biden and his staff are all saying the same thing about Donald Trump’s indictment

    By Seung Min Kim and The Associated Press
  • Pete ButtigiegPolitics

    Pete Buttigieg takes another loss as Transportation Secretary as Sinema holdout doom FAA nominee’s withdrawal on Sinema holdout

    By David Koenig, Seung Min Kim, and others
  • US President Joe Biden speaks during a Nowruz reception in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, on March 20, 2023. – Nowruz, meaning “New Day,” celebrates the Persian New Year and the beginning of Spring. (Photo by Richard PIERRIN / AFP) (Photo by RICHARD PIERRIN/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    Joe Biden issues his first veto in a prelude to future battles with the newly Republican-controlled House

    By Zeke Miller, Seung Min Kim, and others