White House

Budget Battles

  • 3 Ways to End the Government Shutdown

    By Eric Pianin and Josh Boak

    There is no doubt about it: Americans are ready for the White House and Republican leaders to hammer out a deal to end a preposterous, nine-day-old government shutdown and save the country from the...

  • How Federal Workers Became Obama’s Private Army

    By Edward Morrissey

    The United States established the Civil Service 142 years ago, in response to the massive corruption that followed from the previous “spoils system” in Washington DC. Prior to that, all federal...

  • Charity Will Pay Military Death Benefits in Shutdown

    By Phil Stewart and Roberta Rampton, Reuters

    A private U.S. charity struck a deal with the Pentagon on Wednesday to advance a "death gratuity" to families of American troops who die during the government shutdown, after the Defense Department...

  • What You Need to Know About Janet Yellen

    By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

    Janet Yellen is slated to become the first chairwoman of the Federal Reserve at a precarious moment for the central bank, offering stability at a time of crippling uncertainty in Washington...

  • The Senate Tries to Break the Shutdown Stalemate

    By Eric Pianin

    With House Republicans seemingly spinning their wheels on ideas for ending the government shutdown and avoiding a first-ever default, Senate Democrats and a few Republicans declared on Tuesday that...