Biden to Continue Debt Talks Later This Week Amid G-7

President Joe Biden will continue to hold talks with congressional leaders on the nation's debt limit later this week and will meet with them again after the G-7 summit, a White House spokeswoman said on Wednesday following an hourlong meeting at the White House on Tuesday.

Karine Jean-Pierre, in an interview on MSNBC, said Biden would speak with top lawmakers by telephone during his trip to the Group of Seven gathering in Japan as negotiations over the U.S. debt ceiling continue.

"The president is looking forward to having conversations with the congressional leader on the phone and meeting with them again when he comes back from overseas," she said.

Biden called his meeting Tuesday with House Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy productive.

The president, a Democrat, on Tuesday postponed plans to visit Papua New Guinea and Australia, cutting short his Asia trip so he can return to Washington.