Sep 30 White House tells its side of the phone call story As we reported earlier, President Barack Obama phoned the four congressional leaders as lawmakers marched even closer to a partial government shutdown. Here's a readout from the White House about those calls. Continue reading
Sep 30 Obama warns: Shutdown would “throw a wrench into the gears” of the recovering economy WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama ramped up pressure on Republicans Monday to avoid a post-midnight government shutdown, saying that failure to pass a short-term spending measure to keep agencies operating would "throw a wrench into the gears" of a… Continue reading
Sep 30 Senate votes, the moderate GOP revolt fizzles The rule passes the House. No moderate GOP revolt. 225-204. The real vote comes in an hour or so.— Jeff Zeleny (@jeffzeleny) September 30, 2013… Continue reading
Sep 30 President calls Congressional leaders The White House tells the NewsHour that President Barack Obama phoned Speaker John Boehner, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell Monday evening. More details are coming, but Boehner spokesman… Continue reading
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Sep 30 Watch Pakistani Christians Targeted by Recent Violence, Blasphemy Law Pakistani Christians Targeted by Recent Violence, Blasphemy Law… Continue watching
Sep 30 Votes coming, what we’re watching The National Review is reporting that some moderate Republicans aren't happy with the new health care measures on the House floor. Several other outlets hear that the rule setting the framework for debate could be in jeopardy of… Continue reading
Sep 30 Search continues for parachuters who landed in lower Manhattan .embed-container { position: relative; padding-bottom: 2.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%; height: auto; } .embed-container iframe, .embed-container object, .embed-container embed { position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; }View Larger Map… Continue reading
Sep 30 World Pulse’s ‘web’ of women keeps growing By Larisa Epatko In her early 20s, Jensine Larsen was working as a freelance journalist in Burma and the Amazon region of South America, and learned that many of the stories affecting women weren't being reported in the media. She then realized that… Continue reading
Sep 30 Scientists discover source of 13th century “mystery eruption” Lombok Island, Indonesia. Photo by Trekking Rinjani/Flickr Scientists claim they have found the source of a mysterious volcanic eruption that has eluded glaciologists, volcanologists and climatologists for more than 30 years. In a report published by… Continue reading