Laura Litvan

Senator Dianne Feinstein, who was absent from the Capitol for months after being hospitalized with shingles, suffered serious complications, a spokesperson said Thursday.

The White House negotiating team arrived at the US Capitol early Monday as talks on raising the debt limit stretch into the final days before a default.

President Joe Biden and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will meet at 5:30 pm Monday at the White House for talks on averting a catastrophic US default as time runs short and key differences remain.

Half of Americans say the US debt ceiling should be raised without strings attached, while just 25% say it should be tied to negotiations over a package of spending cuts demanded by House Republicans, according to a new Monmouth University Poll.

El presidente de la Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos, Kevin McCarthy, dijo que persisten los problemas en las negociaciones con la Administración de Biden sobre el aumento del límite de la deuda federal a medida que avanza el reloj y el Tesoro está cada vez más cerca de quedar sin efectivo.

Congressional Republicans and the White House still have ground to cover before reaching an agreement on averting an approaching US debt default, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Thursday night.

Congressional Republicans and the White House still have ground to cover before reaching an agreement on averting an approaching US debt default, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Thursday night.

White House and Republican negotiators reached a tentative deal to raise the US debt ceiling and avert a default that threatened to send tremors through the global economy, according to people familiar.

The debt-limit agreement forged by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy heads into a crucial final stretch with less than a week to win congressional passage before a June 5 default deadline.

El acuerdo del límite de deuda fraguado por el presidente Joe Biden y el presidente de la Cámara de Representantes, Kevin McCarthy, se dirige a una crucial recta final cuando queda menos de una semana para conseguir la aprobación del Congreso antes del plazo del 5 de junio, cuando el país podría caer en default.