A meeting planned for Friday between President Biden and top congressional leaders on the debt ceiling has been postponed until next week, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe a matter not yet made public. …

It was not immediately clear who had postponed the meeting or why.

“Ask the WH,” McCarthy says when asked if the Friday meeting on the debt limit with congressional leaders has been postponed.
Leadership and WH aides say the meeting has in fact been postponed to allow for staff talks to progress.

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) May 11, 2023

[I guess it’s not as urgent as Biden claims, then. — Ed]