House GOP pitches plan on debt limit amid pressure from business community…
In a time of government shutdown where federal employees are unable to do their jobs, there's another part of the Senate that has found itself in the same scenario: The Ohio Clock.
How federal agencies are able to fluctuate their furloughed workforce…
Apartments sit vacant as shutdown delays move-in for San Francisco's homeless…
In Washington, D.C., the shutdown has led restaurants and bars to extend their happy hours and stores to offer discounts on goods. And now, it has prompted the Washington City Paper to change its name...temporarily.
Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images WASHINGTON -- About 3.8 million veterans will not receive disability compensation next month if the partial government shutdown continues into late October, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki told lawmakers Wednesday. Some 315,000 veterans and…
In our news wrap Wednesday, the House voted to guarantee funding for military death benefits amid the government shutdown, an action supported by President Obama. Also, the State Department announced it will be cutting aid to Egypt over the government's…
Boehner: President’s position on budget “is just not sustainable”…
Obama: "We can't make extortion routine as part of our democracy."…
The Wall Street Journal’s Janet Hook talks with Hari Sreenivasan about the increasingly contentious war of words between President Obama and Speaker Boehner. Hooks says that the unanimous vote on federal worker pay relieves pressure on Congress only briefly, as…
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