Donald Trump congratulates himself for ending a shutdown he startedWill it last, asks Allen Abel, or will Trump use the last bullet in his revolver to shoot himself in the foot?
It’s Day 26 of the shutdown and U.S. government workers are lining up for foodRepublicans 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 BeltwayCan 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