A driver was arrested and a Nazi flag was seized from the scene after a truck crashed into security barriers near the White House on Monday night, officials said.
President Biden met again with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy Monday over the looming debt ceiling crisis. Despite describing their negotiations as “productive,” McCarthy says he and the president are “still apart” on the terms of a deal. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes and CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion have more. Source
If the debt crisis roiling Washington were eventually to send the United States crashing into recession, its economy would hardly sink alone. The repercussions of a first-ever default on the federal debt would quickly reverberate around the world.