Jordan Fabian

President Joe Biden downplayed fresh concerns that tensions in US debt-limit negotiations could lead to a catastrophic US default, saying Republicans and Democrats could still reach an agreement.

Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said nothing was likely to happen until Joe Biden returns from overseas, as both sides resumed trading barbs.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said his country had lost control of the eastern city of Bakhmut after months of fierce fighting, but described it as a Pyrrhic victory for Russia.

President Joe Biden was physically present at the Group of Seven summit in Japan but his focus was often 7,000 miles away on Washington, where talks to avert a catastrophic US default hit an impasse.

President Joe Biden is directing federal law enforcement agencies to better monitor anti-Jewish and other bias cases, while urging social-media companies and schools to crack down on hate speech, as part of a first-of-its-kind national national strategy to combat antisemitism.

President Joe Biden fell on stage after delivering remarks at the US Air Force Academy commencement.

President Joe Biden plans to say the debt-limit agreement he struck with Republicans was “essential” to avoiding an economic crisis and that it preserved the core accomplishments of his first term.

President Joe Biden defended a debt limit deal he struck with Republicans as necessary to prevent an “economic collapse” and said he would sign it on Saturday amid frustration from many lawmakers in both parties who backed the agreement reluctantly.

President Joe Biden hailed this week’s budget agreement as proof of his ability to secure hard-won bipartisan victories, telling the nation it saved the US from an “economic crisis” brought on by a first-ever debt default.

President Joe Biden signed legislation averting a US debt default, sidestepping a catastrophic blow to the economy with a bipartisan victory that defied Washington expectations.