Obama, lawmakers push plans to avoid debt default

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama and U.S. lawmakers pushed separate plans to avert an unprecedented default on America's national debt, with no signs of an immediate breakthrough. Obama called on lawmakers to approve a giant package that would not only prevent a default by raising the ...

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