US President Biden is in Japan for the G7 leaders’ summit.

Whereas the cat’s away the mice do not make progress. That is the newest out of Washington politics surrounding the debt ceiling negotiations:

US Home Speaker Republican Kevin McCarthy

• mentioned he’s not seeing progress whereas the President is away –

  “Sadly, the White Home moved backwards,” McCarthy informed reporters (hyperlink to US politics media, The Hill, for extra in case you are )

In the meantime on the Dem facet, that is from one other US politics media supply, Politico reporter tweet:

• “Democrats within the White Home and on Capitol Hill say negotiations are going within the improper path”
• “They are saying Republicans’ calls for hold going additional to the best.”

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Biden is assembly with Japan, South Korea, after which individually with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday (Japan time). Biden will maintain a media convention later within the day. He’ll be again in Washington for extra debt talks, seemingly from Monday though he might arrive again on Sunday night USA time.

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US Home Speaker Republican McCarthy & US President Biden.