of a debt ceiling deal in washingtonjust yet of a debt ceiling deal in washington just yet anyway. this is after us presidentjoe biden met with top republican kevin mccarthy earlier today. both men said talks were reproductive and repeated their stance that a default is off the table. to avoid that, they will have to work out an agreement within the next ten days. even before president biden met with house speaker kevin mccarthy, negotiators were once again around the table, trying to strike a deal to avoid a default. sources say the white house is now offering to keep spending flat from this year to next, while republicans, they say they want to increase defence spending while cutting everything else by up while cutting everything else by up to 22%. treasury secretary confirmed over the weekend that during the first is the hard deadline when the government can no longer pay its bills. the deadline for a deal may actually be sooner, in orderfor it to deal may actually be soon
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