US president Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy expressed a willingness to continue talks over the debt ceiling following their first face-to-face meeting on the issue on Wednesday, though they remained at odds over how to avoid a default.
The White House issued a statement describing the audience between the two leaders in the Oval Office as a “frank and straightforward dialogue”, while McCarthy said the men had a “good meeting”. There was mutual agreement to “continue the conversation”.
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