Republicans walk out of talks over raising US debt ceiling

Republican negotiators on Friday walked out of debt ceiling talks with the White House, raising questions over whether lawmakers will be able to strike a deal and avert a default before a looming June 1 deadline.

Garret Graves, the Republican congressman from Louisiana who has emerged as the point person for Republican Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, left the meeting room on Capitol Hill where talks were taking place on Friday morning, telling reporters negotiators would “press pause”.