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Debt limit talks seem to make little headway as Biden, world leaders watch from afar for progress

Debt limit talks between the White House and House Republicans stopped, started and stopped again heading into a weekend where President Joe Biden and world leaders watched from afar, hoping high-stakes negotiations would make progress on avoiding a potentially catastrophic federal default

The Independent UK

Biden confident US will avoid default amid tense debt talks

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

Tribune News Service

‘Trump’s not a good sport’: Chris Cillizza on presidents at play

George HW Bush was the most sportsmanlike modern president but Gerald Ford was the best athlete, author says

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Debt limit talks halt as Republicans, White House face 'serious differences'

Debt limit talks between the White House and House Republicans stopped, started and stopped again Friday at the US Capitol, a dizzying series of events in high-stakes negotiations to avoid a potentially catastrophic federal default.

France 24

White House: Biden to discuss Ukraine with Brazil's Lula, India's Modi

U.S. President Joe Biden aims to speak this weekend with Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi about Ukraine and the "sacrosanct" issue of sovereignty and territorial integrity, U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Saturday.

Reuters

White House says G7 will align on shared 'de-risk, not decouple' approach to China

The Group of Seven rich nations will issue a statement on a shared approach on China, White House national security adviser Jake Sullivan said early Saturday, adding that G7 members were looking to "de-risk, not decouple" from China.

Reuters

Debt limit talks resume after optimism curbed by GOP walkout

WASHINGTON — Negotiators resumed talks Friday night to avert a catastrophic U.S. default hours after a Republican walk-out punctured optimism that a debt-limit deal was near and drove down stocks.

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Family of NC woman who died in Mexico takes hope from White House meeting

WASHINGTON — The family of Shanquella Robinson and their attorneys said they found hope Friday morning after meeting with White House officials to demand that federal authorities extradite a woman wanted in Mexico on charges of killing Robinson.

Tribune News Service

Debt ceiling talks briefly resume as US default deadline creeps closer

Janet Yellen, the treasury secretary, has said that without action the US will cease to be able to pay its debts around 1 June

The Guardian - US

Stock Market Today: Stocks Turn Lower Amid Debt Ceiling Setback

The major indexes swung lower Friday after lawmakers reached an impasse in debt ceiling negotiations.

Kiplinger

Dollar Slips on a Snag in Debt Ceiling Talks and Dovish Powell

The dollar index (DXY00 ) on Friday fell by -0.36%. The dollar retreated after Friday after talks to raise the debt ceiling hit a roadblock when Republican negotiators left a meeting with White House representatives and said talks were on a “pause.” The dollar also moved lower Friday after Fed...

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White House Probes Tracking Tech That Monitors Workers’ Productivity: Kiplinger Economic Forecasts

White House probes tracking tech that monitors workers’ productivity: Kiplinger Economic Forecasts

Kiplinger

McCarthy puts debt-limit talks on ‘pause’ as clock ticks down

WASHINGTON — Debt-limit negotiations hit an impasse Friday as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy blamed the White House for resisting spending cuts, casting doubt on efforts in Washington to avert a catastrophic default.

Tribune News Service

Republican says US debt-ceiling talks to resume

Republican Leader McCarthy says deb cap negotiations will resume Friday evening after a pause that rattled markets.

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Republican debt-ceiling negotiators walk out of meeting, say White House ‘unreasonable’

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s top debt-ceiling negotiators abruptly left a closed-door meeting with White House representatives soon after it began Friday morning, throwing into doubt the status of talks to avoid a US default.

Tribune News Service

SC’s Tim Scott files to enter 2024 Republican presidential race

U.S. Sen. Tim Scott formally entered the race for president Friday, filing paperwork with the Federal Election Commission declaring that he was beginning a White House campaign.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

DeSantis more likely to ‘double down’ than pivot as he enters presidential race

Thomas Massie had been in Congress less than a year when a colleague approached him with a controversial plan. Rep. Ron DeSantis of Florida, himself a freshman, was urging Republican lawmakers on to the U.S. House floor to rail against a proposed Internet sales tax that had the strong support…

Axios

White House: "real differences" in debt talks

Team Biden also wants to signal that a bipartisan compromise is still possible

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Debt talks resume after a snag as the country gets closer to a possible default

Negotiators between the White House and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's team briefly paused talks on Friday. There's a little more than a week before the country runs out of money to pay its bills.

The Independent UK

Trump’s White House lawyer predicts ex-president will end up in jail as Mar-a-Lago probe heats up

Ty Cobb’s prediction came as it was revealed that the National Archives had found a trove of records allegedly proving the former president knew he shouldn’t have taken classified documents to Mar-a-Lago

The Independent UK

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

Social media users shared a range of false claims this week

The Guardian - US

Negotiating with post-Trump Republicans is like dealing with a toddler’s tantrum

While one side is happy to defecate on the floor, the other side has no choice but to clean up the mess

WEKU

Democrats, worried about a Biden-McCarthy deal, push a backup plan to avoid default

Progressive Democratic lawmakers raised the alarm over comments Biden made earlier this week suggesting he's entertaining possible changes to federal safety net programs.

Tribune News Service

Martin Schram: Another master plan run amok

As President Joe Biden’s Air Force One landed in Japan Wednesday for a carefully planned G7 summit, he had a world of problems on his mind:

Chicago Tribune

Chicago to work with Biden administration on plan to fight homelessness

The White House on Thursday announced a two-year, multiagency federal partnership with Chicago aimed at curbing unsheltered homelessness, placing a federal official within city government to organize response plans and help coordinate sources for additional federal funding.

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