Oct 02 Watch: Reid and Senate Dems challenge Boehner to end shutdown .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%; } Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid,… Continue reading
Oct 02 #shutdown BREAKING: AP source: Obama invites congressional leaders to White House for shutdown meeting— The Associated Press (@AP) October 2, 2013… Continue reading
Oct 02 Congress no closer to deal on day 2 of shutdown By Terence Burlij The Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge (Dean J. Koepfler/Tacoma News Tribune/MCT via Getty Images) The prospects for a quick resolution to the shutdown dimmed Tuesday as neither side in the fight over funding the government appeared ready to blink. House… Continue reading
Oct 01 'Sneaking' into the WWII Memorial meant the world to these tourists Veteran Robert Greene and his granddaughter Kasey stroll the World War II Memorial Tuesday. Photos by Cindy Huang WASHINGTON -- Robert Greene traveled a long way to celebrate his 88th birthday. The World War II and Korean War veteran… Continue reading
Oct 01 Watch Why 'nobody blinked' in political showdown over budget spending Why 'nobody blinked' in political showdown over budget spending… Continue watching
Oct 01 Watch Political deadlock drags on as Americans feel effects of government shutdown Political deadlock drags on as Americans feel effects of government shutdown… Continue watching
Oct 01 Synagogue's "Shutdown Central" offers ping pong in place of paycheck Shutdown central at @SixthandI #shutdownsanctuary pic.twitter.com/u77wBE7X1r— Josh Novikoff (@JoshNovikoff) October 1, 2013 The government may have been shut down Tuesday, but affected employees could still head into Washington and practice their ping pong. The… Continue reading
Oct 01 Quiz: how well do you know the shutdown? Photo by Flickr user khawkins04 The possible (and now actual) shutdown of the U.S. government has been making headlines for days. While we don't know how long the shutdown will last, we do know some… Continue reading
Oct 01 #shutdown prevents some research treatment at NIH hospital National Institutes of Health forced to turn away some patients seeking research trials during shutdown: http://t.co/dEvXnrSR4d -SS— The Associated Press (@AP) October 1, 2013… Continue reading
Oct 01 Science and the shutdown and a lonely birthday for NASA The parachute for the Mars Science Laboratory mission to Mars. The Mars Curiosity Rover will stop collecting data during the shutdown. Photo by NASA/JPL-Caltech. Just before 11 p.m. Monday night, NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft sent this message… Continue reading