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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and President Biden spoke about the debt ceiling Friday, according to a Republican aide, a day after the Senate voted to raise the debt limit through early December, averting what threatened to be an economic disaster — U.S. default. The short-term extension came after McConnell …

Washington — Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a Democrat from New York, said Sunday that moderate Democratic senators are “not really coming to the table” to negotiate the details of a sweeping $3.5 trillion social spending package that is a cornerstone of President Biden’s economic agenda but has been at the center …

The following is an extended transcript of an interview with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison that aired on Sunday, September 26, 2021, on “Face the Nation.” MARGARET BRENNAN : Mr. Prime Minister, thank you for joining us. AUSTRALIA PRIME MINISTER SCOTT MORRISON: Thank you. It’s great to be here. MARGARET …