Jennifer Jacobs

President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy plan to speak by phone Saturday evening as their negotiators on a debt-limit deal rush to finalize an agreement to avert a catastrophic default, two people familiar said.

The three most contentious issues in the debt agreement are the suspension of the debt limit, limits of discretionary spending and new work rules.

President Joe Biden said that he was confident that legislation based on the tentative deal that he reached with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Saturday to avert a historic US default will reach his desk.

President Joe Biden said he and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached a final agreement to avert a historic US default after the two spoke again Sunday afternoon.

Democratic Senator Joe Manchin slipped into the debt-limit deal a measure meant to accelerate a multi-billion-dollar natural gas pipeline that’s been repeatedly stalled on environmental concerns, according to people familiar with the matter.

The White House and Republican congressional leaders geared up lobbying campaigns to win approval of a deal to avert a US default as environmentalists, defense hawks and conservative hard-liners condemned concessions.

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The White House and Republican congressional leaders geared up lobbying campaigns to win approval of a deal to avert a U.S. default as environmentalists, defense hawks and

An encounter between US and Chinese aircraft last week underscores the need to reopen communication between the two countries’ militaries, National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said, warning of the danger of miscalculations with tensions running high.

Eight Republican hopefuls including Florida Governor Ron DeSantis converged in Iowa on Saturday for an annual fundraiser with a motorcycle trek, barbecue picnic and cattle-call for presidential aspirants that’s an occasion to get close to early voters.

Donald Trump skipped a motorcycles-and-barbecue fundraiser that’s the marquee Republican political event of the early summer in Iowa, ceding the stage to a gaggle of contenders led by Florida Gov.