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After weeks of negotiations, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have struck an agreement to avert a potentially devastating government default. Here are key takeaways.

President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., say they have reached a deal in principal to raise the debt ceiling.

President Joe Biden is honoring the 2023 NCAA National Championship UConn Huskies as the team takes a trip to Washington, D.C.

The 2024 election race is quickly approaching as candidates keep emerging for the 60th presidential election in United States history, which will take place on Nov. 5, 2024.

The nomination of Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr. has been long expected. If confirmed by the Senate, he would replace the current chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen. Mark Milley, whose term ends in October.

On the one year anniversary of the massacre at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas, President Joe Biden said from a solemn White House memorial that too many schools, too many everyday places have become “killing fields.”

Biden declares emergency as Super Typhoon Mawar approaches Guam. Residents urged to evacuate as powerful storm threatens the Pacific territory.

Haugh will also oversee programs to detect and stop foreign interference in American elections, as well as those targeting criminals behind ransomware attacks that have shut down hospital systems and at one point a key U.S. fuel pipeline.

Republicans are insisting on spending cuts in exchange for raising the debt limit; Biden has come to the negotiating table after balking for months but says the GOP lawmakers will have to back off their “extreme positions.”

President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy will meet face to face Monday to try to find a way to keep the country from defaulting on its bills. NBCs Brie Jackson Reports.

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said he had a productive debt ceiling discussion with President Joe Biden late Monday at the White House, but no agreement yet as Washington strains to strike a budget compromise and raise the nation’s borrowing limit in time to avert a potentially chaotic federal default.

President Joe Biden has approved plans to train Ukrainian pilots on U.S.-made F-16 fighter jets, according to two people familiar with the matter.

Two NYPD officers ambushed and killed after responding to a 911 call and the rookie cop who took down the gunman were among those honored Wednesday by Joe Biden with the Medal of Valor, the nation’s highest honor for bravery by a public safety officer.

President Joe Biden said he’s confident a deal to raise the country’s legal borrowing limit will be struck with Republicans in Congress as the U.S. government pushes closer to defaulting for the first time. “America is a not a deadbeat nation, we pay our bills,” Biden said Wednesday before heading for an overseas trip to attend the Group of...

Papua New Guinea had declared next Monday a public holiday in anticipation of an historic visit by U.S. President Joe Biden.

Tuesday’s meeting was pivotal as negotiators are staring down a June 1 deadline, which is when the Treasury Department says the U.S. could begin defaulting on its debts for the first time in history.

President Joe Biden plans to mark Jewish American Heritage Month by highlighting his administration’s efforts to combat antisemitism at a White House reception that will feature performances from the stars of the Broadway revival of “Parade,” a musical about a Jewish American factory manager.

The president remained hopeful that an agreement could be reached to avoid what would be an unprecedented debt default, which could trigger a financial catastrophe.

President Joe Biden has told graduates of Howard University that American history hasn’t always been a “fairy tale” and that “racism has torn us apart.” As Biden spoke at Saturday’s commencement in Washington, more than a dozen graduates stood with their backs to him holding signs in silent protest over what they said were many forms of white supremacist violence....

House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., had issued a subpoena for access to sensitive law enforcement materials.