Debt ceiling negotiators rushing for weekend deal, but much work remains

WASHINGTON (AP) — Negotiators from the White House labored Thursday over the U.S. debt limit with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's emissaries at the Capitol, grinding through a second day of head-to-head talks trying to strike a budget deal to avert a looming economic crisis. 

Brown bags of lunch snacks were delivered to the stately room signaling a long day ahead. 

With a deadline as soon as June 1 drawing nearer, President Joe Biden and McCarthy tappe d their top representatives to work out a deal after a week of talks with a larger contingent stalled out.