| No Images? Click here   WASHINGTON ― President Donald Trump announced the completion of a deal on spending caps and a higher debt limit on Monday, potentially avoiding the economic brinkmanship and government shutdown headaches that have plagued Congress the last several years.Trump said in a tweet that congressional leaders had struck the deal ― with no “poison pill” amendments ― after months of negotiation between Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin. The deal would raise current government spending caps and increase the debt ceiling for another two years.The agreement will clear the way for further legislation to avoid a government shutdown, and will avoid a last-minute standoff on the debt ceiling, which is set to expire in early- to mid-September. Had lawmakers not reached an agreement on the debt limit, the United States would have begun defaulting on loans, and Mnuchin would have had to make decisions about which obligations ― such as federal employer salaries, debt interest payments or Social Security benefits ― the government would pay.  WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING?The Trump administration is expanding the authority of immigration officers to deport migrants without requiring them to appear before judges ahead of deportation.Iran said Monday it has arrested 17 Iranian nationals allegedly recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency to spy on the country’s nuclear and military sites, and that some of them have already been sentenced to death.
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