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Budget Battles

  • Now It’s Obama’s Chance to Reshape the Fed

    By Rob Garver

    The focus has primarily been on the president’s ability to fill judicial vacancies in the wake of the nuclear option. But his choices for the Fed could reshape the central bank for the foreseeable...

  • Will Obamacare Tech Fixes Plug Political Fallout?

    By Eric Pianin

    The administration’s announcement over the weekend that it has achieved its promised goal of making the Obamacare website workable for the “vast majority” of users was the first piece of genuinely...

  • Is China Trading a Fly Zone for a Growing Economy?

    By Patrick Smith

    There is a simple way to look at the complicated crisis that arises as China presses new claims to jurisdiction over air space above the Pacific. Beijing’s recent announcement that it will assert...

  • Karzai Exploits New Drone Strikes in Afghanistan

    By Tim Craig, The Washington Post

    The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan apologized Friday for mistakenly killing a 2-year-old boy during an airstrike, the latest crisis to confront American officials hoping to finalize a long-term...

  • Obamacare ‘Ready’ for Rollout After Tech Fixes

    By Juliet Eilperin and AMY GOLDSTEIN, The Washington Post

    Administration officials are preparing to announce Sunday that they have met their Saturday deadline for improving HealthCare.gov, according to government officials, in part by expanding the site’s...