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Debt ceiling explained: What to know about the showdown in Washington as default looms
By Kevin Freking, Lisa Mascaro & Mary Clare Jalonick
Opinion | Save the world economy or his own job? McCarthy can't decide.
By Dana Milbank
Debt ceiling deal within sight as Biden and Republicans continue to negotiate
By Joan E. Greve
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White House, GOP negotiators inching closer to deal in debt ceiling crisis
By Weijia Jiang & Nikole Killion
Lawmakers leave Washington without a debt limit deal as risk of default grows
By Annie Grayer, Clare Foran & Lauren Fox
Biden says he's 'very optimistic' about a debt ceiling deal
By Christina Wilkie, Emma Kinery & Kayla Tausche
Democrats to Biden: Get 'off the bench' in the debt limit fight
By Jennifer Haberkorn & Adam Cancryn
Biden says debt deal 'very close' with default deadline now set at June 5
By Lisa Mascaro, Kevin Freking & Seung Min Kim
The latest on the debt ceiling impasse and the default deadline
By Tori B. Powell, Adrienne Vogt & Elise Hammond
May 25, 2023 Latest on debt ceiling negotiations
By Matt Meyer, Maureen Chowdhury & Adrienne Vogt
Explainer: US debt ceiling focus on 'discretionary spending' means cuts ahead
By Andy Sullivan & Jarrett Renshaw
Exclusive: Slimmed-down U.S. debt ceiling deal takes shape
By Nandita Bose & Jarrett Renshaw
Biden sounds hopeful on debt ceiling, Treasury warns of June 5 default
By Steve Holland, Moira Warburton & Rami Ayyub
Biden, McCarthy appear near two-year deal on US debt ceiling as default looms
By David Morgan, Nandita Bose & Jarrett Renshaw
What Republicans want in exchange for raising the debt limit
By Christina Wilkie
Inside the Debt Ceiling Negotiations on Capitol Hill
By Katie Rogers & Luke Broadwater
Debt ceiling deal 'closer' as White House, GOP negotiate - The Washington Post
By Paul Kane, Leigh Ann Caldwell & Rachel Siegel