Debt ceiling negotiations at a standstill over spending levels and demands.

Negotiations between bipartisan lawmakers to raise the debt ceiling and avoid a potential default on the nation's debt obligations by next week's deadline are still stuck on federal spending levels. While a trio of White House negotiators returned to the speaker's suite in the Capitol for another round of talks on Tuesday, they departed without providing any updates. Republicans sounded pessimistic about the state of debt ceiling talks and continued to express frustration that their White House counterparts were not acting with more urgency. The two sides expect to convene again on Wednesday morning.