Biden in Japan. In Washington D.C, Democrats & Republicans say debt talks going backwards.

US President Biden is in Japan to attend the G7 Leaders’ Summit.

While the cat is away, the mice are not making progress. This is the latest policy from Washington regarding the debt ceiling negotiations:

Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy

• McCarthy said he doesn’t see progress during the president’s absence – “Unfortunately, the White House has gone backwards,” McCarthy told reporters (Link to US political mediaThe Hill, for more if you’re interested)

Meanwhile on the Democratic side, this is from another American political media source, Politico reporter tweet:

• Democrats in the White House and on Capitol Hill say negotiations are going in the wrong direction.
• “They say Republican demands continue to move to the right.”

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Biden will meet with Japan and South Korea, and then with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday (JST). Biden will hold a media conference later today. He will return to Washington for more debt talks, likely from Monday though he could return Sunday evening US time.

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