US Default Risk Casts Shadow Over Biden’s G-7 Trip

US Default Risk Casts Shadow Over Biden’s G-7 Trip
President Joe Biden attends a quad meeting with with Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G-7 Leaders' Summit in Hiroshima on May 20, 2023. KENNY HOLSTON/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Emel Akan
Caden Pearson
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HIROSHIMA, Japan—President Joe Biden has asked his negotiators to coordinate a call with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy for Sunday morning, U.S. time, after he concludes his G-7 meetings on the last day of the summit in Japan.

The White House has engaged in a heated exchange with Republicans over the debt ceiling negotiations that stalled after reaching no agreement on Friday night.

Emel Akan is a senior White House correspondent for The Epoch Times, where she covers the policies of the Trump administration. Previously, she reported on the Biden administration and the first term of President Trump. Before her journalism career, she worked in investment banking at JPMorgan. She holds an MBA from Georgetown University.
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