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• Biden says he believes US will avoid default at G7 summit

  20-05-2023 15:53 via thehill.com
  
  President Biden said at the Group of Seven (G7) summit on Saturday that he believes the United States will avoid a default as the deadline for lawmakers to reach a deal approaches. Biden said at a press conference in Hiroshima, Japan, that he is “not at all” worried about the ongoing negotiations to raise the debt ceiling before the limit is reached. He said the process goes in stages, and one meeting might not make progress, but subsequent ones do. “I still believe w
  
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• George Santos lists himself as treasurer of his campaign after indictment

  20-05-2023 13:42 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) has listed himself as his reelection campaign’s treasurer following the indictment filed against him earlier this month, a filing shows. The campaign updated its filing to the Federal Election Commission (FEC) on Friday to list Santos himself as the treasurer. Santos is facing 13 federal charges, including seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, one count of theft of public funds and two counts of making materially false statements to
  
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• White House optimistic about path forward despite 'serious differences' on budget talks

  20-05-2023 04:14 via thehill.com
  
  The White House on Friday night tempered its optimism about ongoing talks with Republicans on a budget agreement and debt ceiling increase, acknowledging the two sides have “serious differences” heading into the weekend.“We have serious differences and this is going to continue to be a difficult conversation. That’s not lost on us,” press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters in Japan, where President Biden is attending the Group of Seven (G-7) Summit. &l
  
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• National security adviser: Biden ‘has expressed confidence’ at G7 that US won’t default

  20-05-2023 03:13 via thehill.com
  
  National security adviser Jake Sullivan said that while the debt limit talks have been a subject of interest at the Group of Seven (G-7) summit, President Biden has “expressed confidence” to world leaders in avoiding a default. “It is definitely a subject of interest,” Sullivan told reporters during a Saturday morning press conference in Japan. “Here at the G-7, you know, countries want to have a sense of how these negotiations are going to play out a
  
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• 79 House Democrats express concern over GOP permitting reform as debt limit talks continue

  20-05-2023 00:38 via thehill.com
  
  Nearly 80 House Democrats wrote a letter expressing concern about tying pieces of a Republican-led permitting reform package to must-pass legislation amid efforts to get a permitting reform deal into a compromise debt limit bill. In a new letter to President Biden, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries  (D-N.Y.), the 79 lawmakers did not mention the debt limit directly. But, they warned broadly about attaching a Republican energy bill
  
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• Debt ceiling talks resume despite GOP frustrations 

  20-05-2023 00:37 via thehill.com
  
  Republicans and the White House resumed debt ceiling talks on Friday evening after frustrated GOP negotiators hit pause for much of the day.But a key Republican negotiator is not confident about coming to an agreement this weekend, which Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) has said has to happen to allow legislation to pass through the House and Senate by June 1, the day Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said the U.S. could default by.“Just now, we are back in the room. We’ll be back in
  
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• Khanna: Feinstein's office should hold press conference on senator's condition

  20-05-2023 00:10 via thehill.com
  
  Rep. Ro Khanna (D) said Sen. Dianne Feinstein’s (D-Calif.) office should hold a press conference on the senator’s health following her return to Washington, D.C. after a multi-month hiatus while she was battling shingles. Khanna said in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper on Friday that Feinstein or one of her staff members should be open about her ability to continue to serve. “I think they at the very least owe transparency, whether it’s her or someone o
  
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