Debt limit battle intensifies between Biden and Republicans.

President Biden and Democratic leaders are insisting that Congress pass a stand-alone bill to raise the debt limit, while House Republicans are maneuvering to pass legislation that would force deep spending cuts and impose other conditions in exchange for their help in averting a catastrophic government default. Biden plans to travel to a union facility in Maryland to highlight the "extreme" spending cuts expected in the emerging Republican legislation. Biden and fellow Democrats are trying to send a blunt message to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy: Don't waste your time cobbling together a bill that might clear the House but will go nowhere in the Democratic-led Senate.