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U.S. Treasury warns could default soon after February 27

The Obama administration warned Congress on Friday the government could start missing payments on its bills soon after February 27 if lawmakers do not raise a limit on government borrowing. In a letter to congressional leaders, Treasury Secretary Jack Lew said accounting measures aimed at staving off default would only buy about three weeks worth […] Continue reading →

Obama to consult intelligence leaders, Congress on NSA review

President Barack Obama will hear from intelligence officials and congressional leaders as he nears the final stages of a review over how much to rein in U.S. surveillance practices in the wake of the Edward Snowden revelations, officials said on Tuesday. Obama later this month is to unveil a series of reforms to how the […] Continue reading →

Republicans Knife Their Own Ted Cruz

The dirty secret is out. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, of Kentucky, and John Cornyn, the senior Senator from Texas, have stuck a big knife in the back of their colleague, Senator Ted Cruz. While Cruz stands alone in his call to defund the Affordable Care Act, his two colleagues are working the Republican caucus […] Continue reading →

Obama's Unfulfilled Promise Change

“The most important lesson I’ve learned is that you can’t change Washington from the inside,” Barack Obama said in an interview Thursday on the Spanish-language Univision network. “You can only change it from the outside.” A better way to put it is that Barack Obama has proved he can’t change Washington from the inside. One […] Continue reading →