Biden's Overseas Focus Draws Criticism and Controversy.

President Biden told a reporter to "shush up" as he tried to calm allies' fears that his White House will fail to reach a debt-limit deal, potentially plunging the US and the world into economic crisis. Negotiators remained deadlocked in Washington, with no plans to continue talks on Saturday. Biden and Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy have just days to strike a deal to raise the debt ceiling before the potentially disastrous consequences of a debt default. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan acknowledged that the US debt dispute has been a "subject of interest" in the president's summit meetings with other world leaders.