Reaction: Biden, McCarthy debt ceiling deal
WASHINGTON U.S. President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy have reached a tentative deal to raise
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US debt ceiling deal keeps non-defense spending roughly flat until FY 2024 - source
A deal reached to raise the U.S. federal government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling keeps non-defense spending roughly flat
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From your 401(k) to bonds, here's how to protect your financial well-being as debt default worries grow
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen earlier this week reaffirmed Thursday June 1 as the deadline for the government to act. But with that X-date only one week away, there's still no deal to raise the debt ceiling -- putting Americans' finances in danger.
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Debt limit negotiators race the clock to finalize debt deal as risk of default grows
White House and House GOP negotiators are racing to finalize a deal to raise the nation's debt limit as early as Saturday with time running perilously short and the risk of a first-ever US default growing.
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Why it's so hard to pinpoint the X-date, when the US defaults
For weeks, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has been consistently telling lawmakers to act soon because the X-date, when the US could default, could occur as soon as June 1. Now, with June 1 days away, everyone is hoping for a reprieve and that the X-date will slip.
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US debt ceiling negotiations push towards critical default deadline
By Moira Warburton and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON Democratic and Republican negotiators said they were hopeful of reaching a
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Bola Tinubu inauguration: The five tests awaiting Nigeria's new president
Bola Tinubu is taking over the presidency of Nigeria - a giant nation with gigantic problems.
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Yellen pushes back forecast of potential US default date
WASHINGTON U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Friday extended the deadline for raising the federal debt limit, saying
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Congress must address debt ceiling by June 5, Yellen warns
Congress must address the debt ceiling by June 5 or the US Treasury will not have enough funds to pay all of the nation's obligations in full and on time, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Friday.
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Factbox-What's in the debt ceiling deal Biden, McCarthy are negotiating?
By Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON U.S. President Joe Biden and House Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy are nearing a deal
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'The mother of all crises.' A US debt default would ricochet around the world
The global economy has been hit by two huge shocks in three years. It might be about to suffer a third in the shape of a US debt crisis.
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Deputy Treasury secretary rules out possibility of using 14th Amendment to raise debt ceiling
Invoking the 14th Amendment to lift the borrowing cap on the US debt ceiling as a way to work around slow-moving negotiations is not an option, Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo told CNN Friday, the administration's most definitive response yet to an unlikely option demanded by some progressives.
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