Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni attends the European Union leaders summit in Brussels, Belgium March 23, 2023. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File PhotoROME,...
WASHINGTON, May 24 (Reuters) - The central pillar of any debt-ceiling agreement between President Joe Biden and House Republican Kevin McCarthy is shaping up to be "discretionary spending" - the chunk of the United States' roughly $6 trillion annual federal budget that is set annually by Congress.Talks are fluid as Biden and McCarthy work towards a deal to raise the $31.4 trillion debt ceiling and avoid a default as soon as June 1. But cuts to Social Security and Medicare programs that eat up most of the U.S. budget are...
Single-family homes sales increase 4.1% in AprilMedian new house price falls 8.2% year-on-yearBusiness activity rises to 13-month high in MayWASHINGTON,...