Congressional leaders reach deal on spending ahead of looming government shutdown deadline

Congressional leaders announced Sunday an agreement on topline annual spending levels of $1.59 trillion, a critical step to avoid a government shutdown that keeps in line with a previous bipartisan budget agreement struck last year to raise the nation’s debt limit.

The fiscal year 2024 deal, which would run through September, follows statutory spending levels laid out in last year’s debt-limit agreement struck between President Biden and then-House Speaker Kevin McCarthy. It includes nearly $900 billion for defense and almost $800 billion for nondefense discretionary spending.

The first deadline to avoid a partial shutdown is...