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Topic: Debt ceiling

Elon Musk and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Elon Musk just killed Trump's honeymoon

Heather Digby Parton
US President Joe Biden boards Air Force One at Bradley International Airport June 16, 2023, in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

How Biden hurt folks who need SNAP

Ashlie D. Stevens
Marjorie Taylor Greene, Kevin McCarthy and Paul Gosar (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Debt deal's (surprising) biggest losers

Heather Digby Parton
Joe Biden, Rick Scott and Kevin McCarthy (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

The press fan the flames of fascism

Gregg Barak
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) speaks during a hearing at the Heritage Foundation June 21, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Boebert: Missing debt vote was "protest"

Kelly McClure
US President Joe Biden acknowledges the crowd during an event on the creation of new manufacturing jobs at the Washington Hilton in Washington, DC, April 25, 2023. (JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Debt ceiling "Nothing to brag about"

Jon Queally - Common Dreams
U.S. President Joe Biden and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) talk as they depart the U.S. Capitol on March 17, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Biden, McCarthy win — and Trump loses

Brian Karem
Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden (Getty Images/Salon)

Dems decry GOP's reckless hostage-taking

Julia Conley - Common Dreams
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) and other members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus at a recent news conference outside the U.S. Capitol (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

CPC chair skeptical of debt ceiling deal

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
Kevin McCarthy and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Debt ceiling deal slammed as "cruel"

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
Kevin McCarthy with Russ Vought looming in the darkness (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Russ Vought: GOP's far-right mastermind

Aneela Mirchandani
Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., is seen in the U.S. Capitol before a news conference on the House passed the "Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act," on Thursday, April 20, 2023. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)

McCarthy, Biden close to deal — maybe

Tatyana Tandanpolie
U.S. President Joe Biden clears his throat while delivering a brief update of the ongoing negotiations over the debt limit in the Roosevelt Room at the White House on May 17, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Joe Biden: On the brink of doom

Brian Karem
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) listen on February 7, 2023 in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. (Jacquelyn Martin-Pool/Getty Images)

No deal on debt ceiling hike

Jessica Corbett - Common Dreams
US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris meet with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer in the Oval Office of the White House on Tuesday, May 16, 2023. (Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Kevin McCarthy created this "crisis"

Brian Karem
U.S. President Joe Biden (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Behind Biden's "spending cut" warning

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
U.S. President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress as House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) listen on February 7, 2023 in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. (Jacquelyn Martin-Pool/Getty Images)

Biden learns from Obama, won't back down

Heather Digby Parton
US President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address as U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris (L) and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) look on during a joint session of Congress in the U.S. Capitol House Chamber on March 1, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Saul Loeb - Pool/Getty Images)

Uncle Joe's tightrope walk: SOTU 2023

Rae Hodge
Senator Joe Manchin (D-WV) (Pete Marovich/Getty Images)

Manchin pitches GOP Social Security deal

Jake Johnson - Common Dreams
Jim Jordan, Kevin McCarthy and Andy Biggs (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Will GOP blow up the world's economy?

Heather Digby Parton
Joe Biden, Rick Scott and Kevin McCarthy (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

GOP's big plan: Hold America hostage

Mike Lofgren
Kevin McCarthy, Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

What will a GOP majority actually do?

Heather Digby Parton
Mitch McConnell (Getty/Zach Gibson)

GOP pushed for a filibuster exception

Alex Henderson - Alternet
Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Debt fight exposes how far gone GOP is

Noah Berlatsky - Alternet
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