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US debt ceiling deal: What's in it and why is the country not out of trouble yet?
Fp Explainers •The US House overwhelmingly passed the package which slightly cuts government spending and suspends the debt ceiling until 2025. The Republicans are far more upset than the Democrats with some members already bringing up removing Speaker Kevin McCarthy. The Senate will now vote on it later this week
'They don't quite get it': Joe Biden calls Republican lawmakers 'fiscally demented'
•While Republicans like to portray themselves as fiscally conservative and deride Democrats as the "big-spending party," Biden said the reality was different.
US midterm polls: Democrats capture Senate seat in Georgia runoff
•Joe Biden's party won a new US Senate seat on Tuesday with Democrat Raphael Warnock's victory in Georgia, according to television networks. The incumbent senator defeated Republican Herschel Walker, a former football star and protege of former president Donald Trump.
Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and more: The Democratic hopefuls for the 2024 presidential nomination
•Joe Biden has so far indicated that he will run in 2024, with a firm decision expected in early 2023. If not him, the race for his successor will be wide open among the Democrats, with Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg and others fighting for the top post
Explained: How Donald Trump emerged as the biggest loser from the US midterm elections
Fp Explainers •The US midterms were to be a celebration for Donald Trump, but Election Night left him dismayed. Several candidates that he backed lost or were trailing, and his rival Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' thumping win has threatened Trump's 2024 presidential bid
Democrats, Republicans make urgent final pitches as election season wraps
•Candidates and big-name backers made final appeals to voters Monday in the last hours of a fraught midterm election season, with Republicans excited about the prospect of winning back Congress and President Biden insisting his party would “surprise the living devil out of a lot of people".