Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear.

President Biden says negotiators are continuing to meet about spending and the debt ceiling

and they're making progress.

He made the remarks at the top of a Rose Garden event in honor of his nominee to be the

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman, General Charles Q. Brown, earlier White House Press Secretary,

Karin John Pierre, said the president remains committed to continuing negotiations.

At the end of the day, everyone understands that the only way to move forward here is with

a bipartisan, reasonable agreement on the budget that can win support from both sides, from

both Democrats and Republicans in the House and in the Senate.

Biden reiterated the White House's proposal, which has been rejected by Republicans,

it includes a mix of spending cuts along with increases in revenues partly through taxes

for higher income earners and the closing of tax loopholes.

Both Capers leader Stuart Rhodes has been sentenced to spend 18 years in prison on sedition and

other charges.

MP Harry Johnson reports it's the longest punishment yet for a defendant, tried to the

attack on the Capitol.

Wearing an orange jail jumpsuit, Stuart Rhodes cast himself as a political prisoner and said

his experience with the justice system had been surreal.

Judge Amit made a rejected those claims and said Rhodes presented a quote, ongoing threat

and peril to this country.

Rhodes inspired dozens of people to travel to Washington for the January 6, 2021 rally.

And he continued to call for political violence, even behind bars, the judge says.

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