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As Biden left Washington for Asia, he said he was "confident" the U.S. would raise the debt ceiling and avert default. President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he is " confident " the U.S. will avert default , expressing optimism a crisis could be avoided as he left for a foreign trip even as debt ceiling negotiations were coming down to the wire. “I'm confident that we'll get the agreement on the budget that America will not default," Biden said from the White House Roosevelt Room. He added, "We're going to come together because there's no alternative." Biden's remarks come as he embarks on a now five-day trip to Japan to meet with G-7 leaders. The president was due to visit Papua New Guinea and Australia following his appearance in Hiroshima but canceled the back half of the trip to work on a debt ceiling deal. MORE: Biden heads to Asia as US faces debt limit crisis The president said he'll be in "constant contact...

House Democrats helped avert a government shutdown, amid "brinkmanship" and "theater" by hard-line conservatives, Biden budget director Shalanda Young argued It was Democrats in the House who helped avert a partial government shutdown this weekend, in the final hours before funding ran out amid " brinkmanship " and "theater" by hard-line conservatives, President Joe Biden's budget director argued on Sunday. "I will tell you, if I'm sick of it, I can only imagine what the American people are feeling," White House Office of Management and Budget Director Shalanda Young told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl. "Why go down this road, take us so close?" After increasingly urgent deliberations in the House, Republicans on Saturday introduced a stopgap funding bill that will fund the government until Nov. 17, a near "clean" continuing resolution that did not include the priorities of some in the...

Speaker Kevin McCarthy said "progress" was made in helping his caucus find agreement. To avert a shutdown, Speaker Kevin McCarthy said the House should still try to pass a Republican short-term funding measure next week in addition to the individual spending bills, despite GOP holdouts. "I would like to -- you need to -- because I don't know how else in a shutdown ," he said when asked if he plans to move forward with a continuing resolution despite a handful of GOP holdouts. McCarthy said a shutdown would put Republicans in a "weaker position." "We will continue to work with people," he said. "I just believe if you're not funding the troops and you're not funding the border. It's pretty difficult to think that you're going to win in a shutdown." The House plans to vote on a handful of appropriations bills next week, including measures funding the Departments of Homeland Security, State and Defense. Notably, McCa...