Debt limit negotiations set for White House
Second meeting to follow weekend of staff discussions
PHILADELPHIA — President Joe Biden and congressional leaders will resume talks at the White House on Tuesday as a standoff over the debt limit pushes the country closer to its legal borrowing limit with no agreement in sight.
The meeting was initially supposed to be Friday, but was abruptly postponed so stafflevel talks could continue before Biden and the four congressional leaders huddled for a second time.
Biden, who was in Philadelphia on Monday to attend granddaughter Maisy Biden’s graduation from the University of Pennsylvania, told reporters the meeting was on for Tuesday but did not elaborate on prospects for a deal.
The day before, however, the president sounded hopeful that an agreement could be reached with Republicans to avoid what would be an unprecedented debt default — which could trigger a vast financial catastrophe.
“I remain optimistic because I’m a congenital optimist,” Biden told reporters Sunday while out for a bike ride in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. “But I really think there’s a desire on their part as well as ours to reach an agreement. I think we’ll be able to do it.”
Biden returned to Washington later Monday and is scheduled to leave for the Group of Seven summit in Japan on Wednesday.
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said about the trip that so far, “we are still planning to leave as scheduled.”
Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said Monday there’s been “no progress” on debt ceiling talks ahead of Tuesday’s meeting.
“It’s very concerning to me,” McCarthy told reporters as he opened the House chamber.
“There’s no progress that I see,” he said of the staff-level talks that extended through the weekend. “And it really concerns me
Both Smith and another witness, Daquan Young, said the teen was shot in the back.
Police have not confirmed that information.
The teen’s mother said last week doctors told her that her son had two wounds, from bullets that entered from the back and front of his body.
His mother said Friday morning that her son had made it out of surgery, during which his left kidney and spleen were removed.
Jamie Branch, the teen’s aunt, said last week that officers often are “jumping out” at her nephew and others in the neighborhood. She said her nephew may not be “an angel” but didn’t deserve to get shot.
Police did not say in the news release how many times the detective shot the teen, what prompted him to shoot during his pursuit or whether the teen has been criminally charged. The release said police recovered a loaded handgun with an extended magazine.
The department also has not yet released body camera footage from the shooting, but the release said the department has “activated its public release of critical incident recordings policy.” That policy lays out a process for approval of releasing footage.