Biden Shortens Foreign Trip Due to Debt Ceiling Negotiations
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President Joe Biden is cutting his upcoming foreign trip short amid ongoing debt talks, departing Wednesday to meet with G-7 leaders in Japan, but will now travel back Sunday and no longer visit Papua New Guinea or Australia. Negotiations on the debt ceiling resumed Tuesday afternoon when Biden, McCarthy, House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell met at the White House. Republicans had criticized Biden's plans to go abroad as lawmakers face a possible June 1 default deadline.
- Biden cuts upcoming foreign trip short amid debt ceiling showdown ABC News
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- Biden to Trim Planned Overseas Trip to Focus on Debt Ceiling The Wall Street Journal
- Biden to attend G-7 in Japan, but will cut trip abroad short over budget talks POLITICO
- Biden reportedly cuts Asia trip short as debt ceiling talks enter crunch time – live The Guardian US
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