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Biden, McCarthy say they’ve reached a deal to respond to Republicans’ ransom demands

The White House announced late Sat­ur­day night that it has reached a deal with Kevin McCarthy and his deputies in the Unit­ed States House of Rep­re­sen­ta­tives to avert a fis­cal cri­sis that Repub­li­cans have been enthu­si­as­ti­cal­ly pre­pared to man­u­fac­ture by refus­ing to pro­vide the votes need­ed to raise the debt ceiling.