White House

Budget Battles

  • Romney, Not Obama, Can Rappel Down the Fiscal Cliff

    By Liz Peek

    John Paulson’s $100 million gift to New York’s Central Park Conservancy was a stunning “thank-you” from the hedge fund titan to the city where he made his fortune. It is also yet another example of...

  • Campaigns on Hold as Obama Mans Emergency Command

    By Eric Pianin

    With only a week before Election Day, President Obama put his reelection campaign on hold and returned to Washington on Monday to oversee emergency preparedness for Hurricane Sandy, a powerful and...

  • Health Care Sticker Shock: An Employee Reality

    By CAROLINE HUMER, Reuters

    Healthcare has gone retail. Over the next 18 months, between one quarter and one half of Americans who get insurance coverage through their employers will pay more of their doctor bills themselves as...

  • 6 Big Economic Ideas that Romney Could Embrace

    By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

    On economic policy, Mitt Romney makes his own decisions. The former Massachusetts governor and private equity executive considers the advice from his cadre of economics PhDs but ultimately charts his...

  • In Tight Race, Ex-Pat Vote More Vital Than Ever

    By Erik Kirshbaum, Reuters

    With the presidential election too close to call, hundreds of thousands of Americans living in Europe have been posting their absentee ballots with a sense that they could truly make a difference on...