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Biden cuts short trip abroad but still faces debt ceiling problems at home

By Naomi Lim
Published May 17, 2023 8:30am ET
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Biden cuts short trip abroad but still faces debt ceiling problems at home
President Joe Biden has scrapped his trip to Australia and Papua New Guinea after being criticized for heading abroad during a debt ceiling standoff. But tinkering with his travel plans does not counter projections the Treasury Department will run out of money to pay the country’s bills by June 1. Nor does it address liberal […]

President Joe Biden has scrapped his trip to Australia and Papua New Guinea after being criticized for heading abroad during a debt ceiling standoff.

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