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President Biden is cutting short an international trip and returning to the U.S. on Sunday in order to resume in-person debt talks with congressional lawmakers, a source familiar told The Hill.

The president will leave as planned for Hiroshima, Japan on Wednesday for the Group of Seven (G7) summit, which runs until Sunday. He was supposed to visit Papua New Guinea and later attend the Quad Leaders’ Summit in Sydney on May 24, but has canceled that part of the trip.

NBC first reported that Biden would return on Sunday, citing that he wants to “ensure Congress takes action.”

The White House earlier on Tuesday left open the possibility of Biden cutting the trip short while debt talks remain at a standstill. 

National Security spokesman John Kirby confirmed earlier on Tuesday  that Biden will leave as planned for Japan but added, “We’re re-evaluating the rest of the trip now.”

“It’s difficult for me to tell you exactly what to anticipate at this point,” he said. “Given where we are right now, it’s also incredibly prudent and responsible for the president to take a look at the rest of the trip.” He added that the White House will “make a determination relatively soon.”

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The news broke about Biden returning on Sunday and canceling the second portion of the trip as he was meeting with congressional leaders, including Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), after staffers huddled over the last few days to discuss possible solutions. Vice President Harris, who won’t be traveling to the G7, was in the meeting on Tuesday after but wasn’t in the meeting last week.

The second meeting in the past eight days comes up against the June 1 deadline the Treasury Department determined would be the date the U.S. could default on trillions of dollars of debt, which could cause havoc on the financial system.

Kirby on Tuesday noted that he can only speak to Biden’s plans at the G7 taking place this weekend and that the White House is “working through, thinking through” what the rest of the president’s trip could look like.

“If the trip gets truncated or changed or modified in any way it should be nothing more than a statement of the president putting his priorities where they need to be,” Kirby said.

“We wouldn’t even be having this discussion about the effect of the debt ceiling debate on the trip if Congress would do its job and raise the debt ceiling, the way it’s always done,” he added.

Kirby also said that foreign leaders in Papua New Guinea and part of the Quad Leaders’ group would “understand” that Biden has to focus on avoiding default.

Updated 4:10 p.m.