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Last week’s debt ceiling deal let the U.S. avert an economic crisis. But it also modestly reformed federal permitting laws with an eye toward making it easier for private and public actors alike to build and deploy energy infrastructure.

“What you see is just the lowest-hanging fruit; it’s the least controversial stuff,” Alec Stapp, co-CEO of the Institute for Progress, tells The

STUMBLING TO THE FINISH LINE — With all eyes on the Senate, more signals are emerging that the debt ceiling bill will garner significant Democratic support. The likes of Sens. TINA SMITH (D-Minn.), who led a drive urging President JOE BIDEN to invoke the 14th Amendment, and Majority Whip DICK DURBIN (D-Ill.), said today they’ll vote yes. There’s “a sense of inevitability in the Senate,”

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) talks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol after talking on the debt ceiling on May 17. Photo: Win McNamee/Getty Images House leaders are confident that the chamber today will approve the debt ceiling deal between President Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) — and move toward avoiding a disastrous government default. Why it matters: Not all victory

Africa is quickly becoming one of the business world's most supercharged areas, with a burgeoning startup scene, expansive infrastructure projects, and capital pouring in from across the world. In this series, Quicktake Originals takes an in-depth look at the domestic and international projects that are shaping modern Africa, and their implications for the global economy.