[US Media: Republicans Begin Considering Raising Debt Ceiling Again as Midterm Elections Approach] BlockBeats News, July 30, according to Politico, U.S. Republicans raised the debt ceiling by $5 trillion last year. Now, they are already considering how to avoid falling into a "fiscal cliff" again during Trump's term. Independent forecasting agencies predict that the U.S. will face "X-Day"—the ultimate deadline to prevent a U.S. debt default—sometime between next summer and early 2028, coinciding with the heated phase of the presidential primaries. According to two sources, to avoid high-risk negotiations with Democrats, White House officials have privately proposed raising the U.S. debt ceiling of $41.1 trillion in a partisan spending plan that many Republicans hope to pass before the November midterm elections. If Republicans lose control of either chamber of Congress in the upcoming midterm elections, this move could save Trump considerable trouble, as Democrats would inevitably demand concessions in bipartisan negotiations to prevent an unprecedented national debt default—the current total debt has already approached $39.7 trillion.