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With days to go, Congress is still without a deal to boost funding for allies at war
Brazil walks a tightrope between conservation and oil and gas exploration
Party’s far-right angry over compromise with Democrats that keeps government funded another 45 days
Agreement to maintain funding until mid-November leaves out billions of dollars in Ukraine aid
Dissidents’ vote against their party’s own stop-gap measure is blow to House Speaker McCarthy as Saturday budget deadline looms
Trump loyalists in Congress have taken the US federal government to the brink of paralysis
The definition of insanity
JPMorgan settles Jeffrey Epstein lawsuits with US Virgin Islands and Jes Staley
Report comes as hopes for congressional deal to avert crisis fade
The economy could take a hit in less than a week if hardline Republic holdouts do not strike a deal
Millions will be furloughed in a week’s time if no deal is struck with small group of conservative holdouts
The sooner America scraps its nonsensical debt ceiling the better
Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
Biden and McCarthy agree on terms to raise borrowing limit but must still convince sceptical members of their parties
President and Republican House leader try to narrow differences as talks to avoid US default drag on
President to meet House Speaker McCarthy on Monday as deadline to avoid default approaches
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First meeting with leaders fails to yield a breakthrough with weeks to go before country breaches borrowing limit
Biden refuses Republican preconditions for raising $31tn borrowing cap ahead of White House talks
Treasury secretary says circumventing Congress with 14th amendment was ‘among the not-good options’
Republican congressman Bob Good’s hardline stance wins local support
Passage of law will do little to break stalemate with White House
Congressional Budget Office forecast comes amid growing political war of words over lifting borrowing limit
JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs fear repeat of confrontation that resulted in downgrade of country’s credit rating
Congress must agree to raise the limit — and then ditch it for a saner measure
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