The GOP-controlled House overwhelmingly passed bipartisan legislation Wednesday evening to avert a first-ever government default, impose caps on federal spending and make the first major changes to SNAP work requirements in decades.
President Joe Biden is expected to sit down again early this week with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other congressional leaders as they continue negotiations on increasing the debt ceiling and GOP demands for spending cuts.
Democrats look to build on the Inflation Reduction Act, and both parties seem to want to reform the pharmacy benefit manager industry; the US federal government and Gilead Sciences will go to trial this week in a multibillion-dollar dispute; the US Surgeon General warns that loneliness is a public health threat.