Boehner: Debt talks will make for a "hot weekend"

Republican House Speaker and Democratic Senate leader deadlocked over plan to raise the debt ceiling

• Jul 22, 2011

Senate rejects House debt plan

Tea Party-backed "Cut, Cap and Balance" plan had been widely expected to fail in Democratic-controlled Senate

• Jul 22, 2011

The politics of pledges

John Dickerson breaks down another day in the debt ceiling debate: Did Grover Norquist really say that?

• Jul 22, 2011

Woodward: New info on Nixon confirms my views

Journalist who helped blow lid off Watergate says newly-released material gives another perspective on scandal

• Jul 22, 2011

Dem source: Obama working on $3T debt deal

A congressional aide confirms that President Obama could agree to a debt deal that only includes a promise of tax reform

• Jul 22, 2011

Senate to dispense with long-shot GOP debt plan

As Aug. 2 debt deadline looms, lawmakers must deal with doomed House plan then quickly refocus on bipartisan talks

• Jul 22, 2011

Boehner: GOP knows it has to compromise

Speaker says he told GOP that debt deal will involve compromise, says he expects majority of House Republicans to accept that premise

• Jul 21, 2011

New recordings a window into Nixon's paranoia

In never-before-heard White House tapes, Richard Nixon demands a group to attack enemies -- years before Watergate

• Jul 21, 2011

Panetta to certify that gays can serve openly

Pentagon chief will certify that gays may serve openly in the armed services by end of September, say sources

• Jul 21, 2011

FAA shut down possible this weekend

Government would lose $200 million per week if Federal Aviation Administration shuts down over government inaction

• Jul 21, 2011

The Drive: Perry could shake up 2012 campaign

Brian Montopoli discusses the impact of the Michele Bachmann migraine revelations, Perry's potential and the rest of the GOP presidential candidates

• Jul 21, 2011

Sarah Palin on track for second grandchild

Track Palin's wife Britta is pregnant, Gawker reports; Track is the eldest son of the former Alaska governor

• Jul 21, 2011

WH, Boehner shoot down report of debt deal

Washington leaders today said they're still not close to a deal to raise the debt ceiling, even as the Aug. 2 deadline nears

• Jul 21, 2011

Jon Huntsman campaign manager resigns

Huntsman campaign casts Susie Wiles' departure as natural progression; GOP presidential candidate struggling in polls to become "more aggressive"

• Jul 21, 2011

Did Norquist blink?

Father of no-tax pledge causes stir over comments on Bush tax cuts

• Jul 21, 2011

Show More