Donald Trump congratulates himself for ending a shutdown he started
Will it last, asks Allen Abel, or will Trump use the last bullet in his revolver to shoot himself in the foot?
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U.S. government shutdown
It’s Day 26 of the shutdown and U.S. government workers are lining up for food
Republicans and Dems both claim to sympathize, but the bureaucrats aren’t hungry enough for either side to stand down
‘A major global depression’
America’s debt problem is still huge and intractable. Worst-case scenario? Default and economic collapse
John Boehner: Voice of the Beltway
Can Speaker John Boehner’s back-room pragmatism see him through the Republican party’s sea change?
Are ‘safe’ seats to blame for the shutdown in Washington?
Luiza Ch. Savage explains why constantly redrawn electoral district lines may be responsible for the U.S. government shutdown
When will Fed chair-to-be Janet Yellen start tapering?
She’s given us some pretty good clues
Shutting down the U.S. government costs a ton of money
$80 million per day and upwards
The U.S. government shutdown: If America sneezes...
... what happens to Canada’s economy?