GOP bolts debt limit talks

WASHINGTON -- Republicans on Thursday pulled out of bipartisan talks aimed at finding a way to raise the federal debt ceiling and cut trillions of dollars from future federal budget deficits, triggering fresh fears of deadlock that could roil financial markets and kick the economy back into recession.

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Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

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