US lawmakers were racing the clock this week to pass a bill that will suspend the nation's debt limit through January 1, 2025.
President Joe Biden is expected to sign the bill Friday after it passed the House on Wednesday and the Senate on Thursday.
The timeframe to pass the bill was extremely tight and there was little room for error, putting enormous pressure on leadership in both parties. June 5 is the date when the Treasury Department has said it will no longer be able to pay all of the nation's obligations in full and on time.
The effort to secure a debt limit deal has proven to be a major leadership test for both Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. Suspending the debt limit through 2025 takes the threat of default off the table until after the presidential election.
Here are some of the stories that made headlines over the past week, as well as some photos that caught our eye.
![Tennis star Novak Djokovic <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2023%2F06%2F01%2Ftennis%2Fnovak-djokovic-french-open-kosovo-serbia-spt-intl%2Findex.html" target="_blank">writes a political message about Kosovo</a> after his first-round victory at the French Open on Monday, May 29. Djokovic, who is Serbian, wrote "Kosovo is the [heart symbol] of Serbia. Stop the violence" on a TV camera lens in response to violent clashes in Kosovo. Tensions have been rising in the past week in Kosovo, which declared independence from Serbia in 2008. There were clashes with protesters on Monday over the installation of ethnically Albanian mayors in a disputed election.](https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/230601154347-21-week-in-photos-0601.jpg?q=w_1576,c_fill)
