Bank robbery suspect drops out of ceiling and into recycling bin before he's arrested, police say
A bank robbery suspect's escape was thwarted when he fell into a recycling bin -- right where police were waiting for him, authorities said.
2023-07-29 08:45
Debt ceiling package does little to address America's major fiscal problems
Although it's named the Fiscal Responsibility Act, the compromise debt ceiling package that President Joe Biden signed into law this past weekend doesn't do much to fix the nation's enormous financial challenges.
2023-06-06 20:58
Biden signs debt ceiling deal into law, averting historic default
President Joe Biden signed into law Saturday a bill to suspend the nation's debt limit through January 1, 2025, to avert a first-ever US default.
2023-06-04 01:54
Veterans, stalemates and sleepless nights: Inside the White House strategy to strike the debt ceiling deal
President Joe Biden sat behind the Resolute Desk in his first evening Oval Office address with a clear purpose: to deliver the final word.
2023-06-03 17:17
Biden hails debt ceiling deal as 'crisis averted'
The US president said he will sign the debt deal into law on Saturday.
2023-06-03 07:45
How every senator voted on the debt ceiling bill
The Senate voted late Thursday on a bill to suspend the country's debt limit through January 1, 2025 following weeks of contentious negotiations on the legislative deal between the White House and Republicans.
2023-06-03 00:19
Here's what's in the debt ceiling package
Congress has passed the debt ceiling package, just days before the Treasury Department would have run out of sufficient funds to pay all of the nation's obligations on time and in full.
2023-06-02 11:19
Top Democrats say Biden should make this year's 'craziness' the last debt limit fight ever
Even as Joe Biden appears to have pushed off reaching the next debt limit until 2025, top Democrats on Capitol Hill say what he really needs to do is what he should have done last fall: Come out in favor of a drastic change to strip Congress of this power forever.
2023-06-02 03:21
Debt ceiling deal heads to US Senate for approval
The Senate must approve the deal and send it to the president's desk this weekend to avoid a default.
2023-06-02 01:18
Inside a debt ceiling standoff 'far more dangerous than people will recognize'
President Joe Biden ended the month of May the same way he began it: with a phone call to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. .
2023-06-01 11:26
Debt ceiling deal: US House overwhelmingly passes bill
The Senate must approve the deal and send it to the president's desk this weekend to avoid a default.
2023-06-01 10:22
House GOP challenges CBO's analysis of work requirements in debt ceiling bill
House Republicans defended their broadening of work requirements for safety net programs in the debt ceiling bill on Wednesday, saying it would help people escape poverty and assist employers looking to hire.
2023-06-01 05:23