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Budget Battles

  • John Dean on Nixon, Impeachment, and Obama

    By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times

    After three years as counsel in the Nixon White House during the Watergate years, John Dean famously blew the whistle on President Richard Nixon in 1973. His testimony against Nixon and key aides in...

  • Watergate 40 Years Later: Nixon Waged Five Wars

    By Bob Woodward And Carl Bernstein, The Washington Post

    Countless answers have been offered in the 40 years since June 17, 1972, when a team of burglars wearing business suits and rubber gloves was arrested at 2:30 a.m. at the headquarters of the...

  • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida<br />Cost: $3,600<br />Enrollment: 20 students per class<br />You can't pilot an aircraft from the ground without understanding the robotics that make it fly. In this course, students learn the

    U.S. Airstrikes Begin Against Islamic State in Iraq

    By Karen DeYoung and Loveday Morris, The Washington Post

    Military jets from the U.S. carried out two airstrikes Friday on Islamist militants outside the Kurdish regional capital of Irbil, hours after President Obama authorized attacks against the Sunni...

  • House Greenlights Boehner’s Lawsuit Against Obama

    By PAUL KANE and Zachary A. Goldfarb, The Washington Post

    Escalating their confrontation with President Obama, House Republicans gave Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) the power to initiate a lawsuit accusing the administration of breaching constitutional...

  • Obamacare call center

    HealthCare.Gov Costs Climb to Nearly $1 Billion

    By Brianna Ehley, The Fiscal Times

    The federal government has doled out more than $840 million to build and then fix the tech--troubled Obamacare website, Healthcare.gov. Though many have speculated about the climbing costs of the...