The two nuclear-armed nations have been in a hair-trigger standoff since Dec. 13, when gunmen attacked the Indian Parliament, killing nine people.
House speaker John Boehner, a Republican, on Tuesday scrapped plans to link a debt-limit increase to concessions that would have triggered a standoff with Democrats.
If the legal team holds its stance, it could force Mueller to try to subpoena the president, likely triggering a standoff that would lead to the Supreme Court.
Failure to complete this process triggers a standoff and potentially a federal shutdown, until a deal can be brokered on a budget or a continuing resolution, which basically allows the state to run at existing levels.
The move has triggered urgent standoffs within Europe over where the ships can land, the issue back to the top of the EU agenda.
His escape to the US embassy triggered a diplomatic standoff over his fate.
England's teachers do not know the meaning of the word 'stress', the chief inspector of schools has said, triggering a bitter standoff with the profession.
Reluctantly, the generals told Mladic he had to leave Krcmar but at first he refused, triggering an uneasy standoff during which the army buzzed the base with helicopters in mock raids to persuade him to go.
It triggered a diplomatic standoff that turned heated last week when Britain threatened to raid the diplomatic mission and Ecuador granted Assange political asylum.
The United Nations puts the overall death toll in the conflict, which has triggered the worst standoff between Moscow and the West since the Cold War, at more than 4,300.
The standoff could trigger a government shutdown if it prevents Congress from passing a spending bill before 1 October.
