House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Thursday continued to sound somewhat upbeat on Washington’s debt-ceiling standoff, as he said negotiators worked well past midnight and made some progress, according to multiple published reports. “There’s still some outstanding issues, and I’ve directed our teams to work 24/7,” the California Republican told reporters.
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