
Debt limit talks stall as Republicans ‘press pause’
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

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

They held talks Friday as their countries cooperate with Canada to establish migration hubs in Latin America where asylum seekers fleeing poverty and violence in their home countries can go to apply for protection

Long sought after, the Washington meeting coincides with the start of local and regional election campaigns back home

The end of Donald Trump’s Covid measure, which allowed the immediate expulsion of people, has not solved the problems in the area or between the governments of Joe Biden and Andrés Manuel López Obrador

The Republicans in Congress have proposed a law that will make it tougher for people to enter the United States. Alejandro Mayorkas – the secretary of Homeland Security – warns of ‘difficult days ahead’

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the G-7 nations “will stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes” to end the conflict.

People in charge of centers hosting immigrants are anticipating an increase in deportations when the Donald Trump-era public health law ceases to be in force as of midnight on May 11

While Republicans have closed ranks with the former president in other legal cases, there are concerns the latest sentence will dent his popularity, especially among female voters