White House

Budget Battles

  • In tough economic times, the poor and uninsured turn to free health clinics for medical care.

    The Hidden Costs of Rejecting Medicaid Expansion

    By Julie Steenhuysen, Reuters

    As Americans across the nation begin to find out what Obamacare has in store for them, many of Mississippi's most needy will find out the answer is nothing. That is likely the case for William and...

  • Surprise! The Koch Brothers Are Boosting Obama

    By Liz Peek

    While President Obama continues to tilt for windmills, rising oil and gas production has showered his administration with unexpected benefits. Those producers inadvertently include his arch enemies—...

  • Obama and Boehner

    Poll Shows Republican Anger toward Obama Swells

    By David Francis

    One of the more palpable emotions to emerge from the government shutdown, Obamacare and the upcoming showdown over the debt limit is anger. Rhetoric has been heated, passionate, and at times,...

  • Buffett: Threat of Default Won’t Work Long Term

    By Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC

    History will judge the Troubled Asset Relief Program more positively than people do now, Warren Buffett said on CNBC Thursday, five years to the day since the financial bailout program was signed...

  • Shutdown Hits America Where It Hurts

    By Daniel Trotta, Reuters

    Science was put on hold, normally bustling stores went quiet and families depending on government aid feared losing their baby food as a government shutdown rippled across the country. The budget...