The White House to reduce deficit or to extend the debt limit?

President Barack Obama plans to talk to Republican lawmakers at the White House in the coming days as the pressure mounts on both sides to resolve the impasse over the federal debt ceiling and partial government shutdown .
With the ruling in its ninenth day on Wednesday , and an economy that undermines edging closer to a possible federal default , neither side shows clear signs of bending .
In the middle of the conversation is difficult , however, there was a suggestion of the possibility of a temporary truce . There were signs that both parties should be open to short-term extension of the debt limit $ 16700000000000 and end to temporarily stop giving more time to resolve their differences in their .

Authorities take measures after the incident at the Capitol Hill in Washington

A woman has been shot dead after she led police officers on a car chase that ended in gunfire near the US Capitol in Washington.

Witnesses said shots rang out after the woman driving a black Toyota Infiniti attempted to smash through a barricade close to the White House.

The woman then fled, and was pursued by police who caught up with her near the Capitol Building.

Video footage showed officers with guns drawn attempting to get the driver out of the vehicle on the west side of the Capitol Building before she then flees again, with officers in chase.