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Senator Joe Manchin is one of two Senate Democrats President Joe Biden is courting to help pass his $3.5 trillion budget.

Progress coming? Biden looks to strike deal on $3.5 trillion government overhaul

If Congress fails to raise the debt limit by October 1, the federal government will shut down.

Another government shutdown? What it’ll mean for you if it happens.

Treasury Secretary Yellen criticizes Trump's China policies, saying they left America "more isolated" from the global economy. Reuters

Treasury Secretary warns of dire consequences should Congress fail to raise debt ceiling

Three Pentagon officials, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley, and head of the Central Command Gen. Frank McKenzie, testified on Afghanistan and China. Sep 28, 2021; Washington, DC, USA; Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, center, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, left, and U.S. Central Command Commander Gen. Kenneth McKenzie testify on military operations in Afghanistan and future plans for counterterrorism operations before the Senate Armed Services Committee on Sept. 28, 2021. Mandatory Credit: Jack Gruber-USA TODAY

Pentagon leaders testify on Afghanistan, controversial China calls

Hunter Biden and his legal problems have challenged President Joe Biden.

Hunter Biden is far from the first First Child to cause headaches

DACA Program White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki listens as U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaks about an investigation into the treatment of Haitian migrants on the U.S.-Mexican border, during the daily briefing in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington, U.S., September 24, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

DHS announces latest plan to keep DACA program alive

Two big votes on debt ceiling and infrastructure bills highlight a busy week in Washington. FILE PHOTO: An American flag flies outside of the U.S. Capitol dome in Washington, U.S., January 15, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner/File Photo

Vote on debt ceiling fails, infrastructure vote expected this week

The House of Representatives approved $1 billion in funding for Israel's Iron Dome.

House approves $1 billion in funding for Israel’s Iron Dome

President Biden has seen his approval rating poll numbers drop over the last few weeks.

Biden’s poll numbers are faltering, but history shows he has time to recover

migrant camp Workers clear debris from the site of a makeshift border migrant camp along the International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas, U.S. September 24, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Adrees Latif TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Migrant camp in Texas border town completely empty, according to mayor

Haitian migrants travel thousands of miles over several years to reach the US border.

Haitian migrants travel thousands of extra miles for American asylum. Here’s why.

Framework bill Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer makes a statement in attendance with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) before the start of Pelosi?s weekly news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., September 23, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz

Dems agree on a “framework” to pay for $3.5T spending bill

Special envoy Haitian migrants board an airport bus aftter U.S. authorities flew them out of a Texas border city after crossing the Rio Grande river from Mexico, at Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti September 21, 2021. REUTERS/Ralph Tedy Erol

US Special Envoy to Haiti resigns amid crisis at the border

guns marijuana mexico

Guns and marijuana: Is the U.S. a danger to Mexico?

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Politicians play the blame game as US gets closer to debt ceiling deadline

How not raising the debt ceiling could affect your wallet

French ambassador FILE PHOTO: French President Emmanuel Macron delivers a joint statement with Chile's President Sebastian Pinera (not seen) after a meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, September 6, 2021. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/File Photo

Repairing a relationship: French President to send ambassador back to US

Haitian migrants FILE PHOTO: Some thousands of migrants take shelter as they wait to be processed near the Del Rio International Bridge after crossing the Rio Grande into the U.S. from Ciudad Acuna in Del Rio, Texas, September 18. REUTERS/Adrees Latif/File Photo

News report: Haitian migrants are being released into the US on a “large scale”

booster panel FILE PHOTO: A medical worker fills a syringe with Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at the COVID-19 vaccination centre of 'Healthcare Centre' in Nis, Serbia, March 3, 2021. REUTERS/Marko Djurica/File Photo

CDC meets to decide who gets a booster shot

Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough

Senate Parliamentarian stops Dems short, more decisions to follow

Vaccine donation U.S. President Joe Biden hosts a virtual coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Summit as part of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) from the South Court Auditorium in the White House complex in Washington, U.S., September 22, 2021.REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

Biden promises to double US vaccine donation to 1 billion doses

border videos A U.S. border patrol officer grabs the shirt of a migrant trying to return to the United States along the Rio Grande river, after having crossed from the United States into Mexico to buy food, as seen from Ciudad Acuna, in Ciudad Acuna, Mexico September 19, 2021. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

DHS “horrified to see” viral videos of migrants at the southern border

debt ceiling bill FILE PHOTO: The dome of the U.S. Capitol Building is seen as the sun sets on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., July 26, 2019. REUTERS/Erin Scott/File Photo

House passes bill that would suspend debt ceiling

General Assembly U.S. President Joe Biden addresses the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 21, 2021. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/Pool

“We’re back at the table”: Biden makes promises as General Assembly opens