A US default looms large as Republicans and Democrats spar over raising the government’s spending limits. It has forced Joe Biden to cancel his upcoming trip to Australia, resulting in the Quad Summit with leaders from India, Australia and Japan being called off
The postponement of the debt ceiling meeting is a signal that the staff-level talks are making progress in the push to strike a deal to avert a historic breach of the debt ceiling, officials said
US President Joe Biden has reportedly invited House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other congressional leaders to discuss the debt ceiling next week after Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that the US may default without a resolution before June 1.
It s time for Washington to clean things up at home as the US has no more room on the national balance sheet to absorb more deficits, financial and geopolitical commentator Tom Luongo told Sputnik, while speaking on the unfolding fight between the GOP and the Democrats over the debt ceiling increase.