Janet Yellen sets June 5 as X-Date in US debt-ceiling standoff

US treasury secretary Janet Yellen has said that her department could be out of funding by June 5 if lawmakers do not raise or suspend the country's debt ceiling, thereby narrowing previous estimates. The treasury has been using emergency accounting measures since hitting its borrowing limit in January.

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