WASHINGTON: Four months after barely avoiding a catastrophic default, the world's largest economy is once again on the verge of a major fiscal crisis.

President Joe Biden's Democrats are engaged in a bitter feud with Republican rivals in Congress over spending bills, which, if not passed into law soon, may trigger a government shutdown.

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