President

Budget Battles

  • Romney to Roll Out Details of Economic Plan

    By Philip Rucker and David Nakamura, The Washington Post

    Republican Mitt Romney, who last week struggled with his responses to a major ­foreign-policy crisis in the Middle East, will now turn his focus back to the economy with a new offensive aimed at...

  • Policy Bigwigs Sound the Alarm over 'Fiscal Cliff'

    By Josh Boak and Eric Pianin, The Fiscal Times

    With Congress back in session, two competing views have emerged about the impact of the looming fiscal cliff—it’s either the jolt needed for politicians to finally rise above their philosophical...

  • Can California Change How We Save for Retirement?

    By Mark Miller, Reuters

    The California state legislature recently passed a bill laying the groundwork for the California Secure Choice Retirement Savings Program (SCP): a government-sponsored retirement-savings vehicle that...

  • U.S. Clout in Mideast at Stake with New Protests

    By Patrick Smith

    There are two lessons to be learned about the dreadful spree of anti–American violence and protest that swept the Islamic world last week in apparent response to an anti–Islamic film that went...

  • Nuclear Arsenal Set to Undergo Costliest Overhaul

    By Dana Priest, The Washington Post

    The U.S. nuclear arsenal, the most powerful but indiscriminate class of weapons ever created, is set to undergo the costliest overhaul in its history, even as the military faces spending cuts to its...