Both sides have said progress was being made but that they remain far apart. The Treasury Department has said an agreement should be reached before funding runs dries early next month
Republican lawmakers are holding tight to demands for sharp spending cuts, rejecting the alternatives proposed by the White House for reducing deficits
The prospect of delivering F-16 fighter jets to the embattled country – as well as President Zelensky’s activism at the international forum – will influence the future of the conflict
Reaching a compromise won’t be easy, but it’s critical to achieving President Joe Biden’s vision of slashing greenhouse gas emissions in the coming years
Japan says Zelenskyy’s decision to visit Hiroshima stems from his “strong wish” to participate in talks with G7 and other countries that will influence his nation’s defense against Russia
President Joe Biden and Republicans are racing to strike a deal as the nation careens toward a potentially catastrophic debt default if the nation fails to pay its bills
The world’s most industrialized democracies announced a series of cooperation mechanisms to control strategic investment flows to the Asian giant
Republican Rep. Garret Graves of Louisiana says gaps remain in the negotiations with the White House. Graves says it’s ‘just not productive’ to continue discussions at this point
Washington has shown no signs of fatigue in its commitment but at the same time it is aware that aid has to be seen to be making an impact with presidential elections on the horizon
President Joe Biden and McCarthy both tapped their top representatives to press for results ahead of a deadline as soon as June 1. That’s when the U.S. could run out of funds to pay its obligations, sparking an economic crisis
He said he and lawmakers will come together “because there’s no alternative.” Speaker Kevin McCarthy agreed, though he was more combative, saying Biden had “finally backed off” and come to the negotiating table
The Pacific nation had declared next Monday a public holiday in anticipation of an historic visit by the US President and other leaders from the region, but Biden has decided to cut the trip short to focus on debt limit talks at home
The United States could run out of money to pay its bills as soon as June 1 if no deal is reached to raise the debt limit
Rural electric cooperatives, renewable energy companies and electric utilities will be able to apply for funding through two programs
Meanwhile, the president is cutting short his upcoming foreign trip to Japan, Papua New Guinea and Australia because of the looming debt limit crisis, the White House announced Tuesday
The American thinker, author of the acclaimed book ‘The Tyranny of Merit,’ says that progressives need to better articulate a sense of community around issues such as universal health care and income inequality
The Republican speaker told reporters Monday at the Capitol that the situation is ‘very concerning’ as time narrows to avert a crisis over the need to raise the nation’s legal borrowing limit
Pope, a former prosecutor, served as migration adviser to President Joe Biden early in his administration
The justices said they will review a federal appeals court ruling that allowed a suit by Democratic members of the House Oversight Committee to continue
In the most recent turn of events in the migratory crisis, the lifting of the controversial norm — decreed during the Trump administration — has filled the cities of Ciudad Juárez and El Paso with thousands of people. They have terrible tales to tell. Here are a few of them
The meeting was initially supposed to be Friday, but was abruptly postponed so staff-level talks could continue before Biden and the four congressional leaders huddled for a second time
As the US President prepares to head west, he finds himself in a stalemate with Republican lawmakers over raising America’s debt limit. Here is a look at what’s at stake in the upcoming trip
Sophisticated generative AI tools can now create cloned human voices and hyper-realistic images, videos and audio in seconds, at minimal cost
The latest crisis on the Mexican border has shone light on a problem that dates back decades. Judges are overwhelmed and Congress, more polarized than ever, is incapable of providing solutions
Biden put his ability to solve problems at the core of his pitch to voters in 2020 and it is central to his argument for why, at 80, he’s best prepared for four more years in the White House. Now, it’s crunch time
President Joe Biden has said recouping unspent coronavirus money is “on the table” in budget talks with Congress
The end of Trump’s controversial immigration rule makes way for a new regime fraught with uncertainties. Here’s what’s known about what comes next