made up of Republicans and Democrats to deal with our long-term debt problem." McCarthy said he has taken the idea of the commission to President Joe Biden and House Minority Leader Hakeem ...

In the wide-ranging conversation, McCarthy offered moderate praise for former President Donald Trump and said that he would ...

US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has said he is confident a deal to raise the US government debt ceiling will be reached by the 5 June deadline. He said there had been progress in negotiations ...

"I believe we can get a deal done," House Speaker McCarthy told reporters. While acknowledging areas of disagreement, Mr Biden said a default was "off the table". The debt ceiling is a spending ...

But members of the hard-right House freedom caucus, who are still furious over the deal that McCarthy and President Joe Biden struck to suspend the debt ceiling earlier this year, insist they will ...

With Kevin McCarthy out ... spending caps in the debt ceiling bill, the new spending targets were never really tested by a full vote in the House. Some details of the deal remain murky even ...

The failed vote marks another disappointment for McCarthy, who has tried to advance ... and create a commission on the national debt to examine mandatory and discretionary spending.

Far-right congressman says he will move to oust Kevin McCarthy as speaker over deal to avert shutdown to ‘rip the Band-Aid off’ Simmering hostility between Republicans over the bipartisan deal ...

US President Joe Biden and top Republican Kevin McCarthy have called their latest talks on the debt ceiling productive but no deal has yet been reached. "I believe we can get a deal done," House ...