On an extraordinary night of political theater, President Obama railed on House Republicans for walking away from a debt-ceiling deal, only to see House Speaker John Boehner offer a rebuttal. Congress now seems eager to ignore the White House and do the job itself.
The secrecy around Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s selection of Cathleen P. Black to run the city’s schools highlighted his faith in business leaders and dislike of public debate.
Starting Thursday, Wal-Mart plans to offer free shipping on its Web site, a move that may create an expectation among consumers and a threat to smaller retailers.
AP - A police official says the man suspected of carrying out a bombing and shooting massacre in Norway posted on websites with Christian fundamentalist tendencies.
AP - The 32-year-old suspected of massacring at least 80 young people at a summer camp and setting off a bomb in downtown Oslo that killed at least seven is a mystery to investigators: a right-winger with anti-Muslim views but no known links to hardcore extremists.
AP - President Barack Obama and congressional leaders are scrambling to find a way forward on a debt deal after House Speaker John Boehner threw negotiations into crisis by walking out on them with less than two weeks left to avert a potentially catastrophic default.
• Media: Suspect is Anders Behring Breivik • Gunfire on island lasted for two hours • 7 killed, 90 hospitalized after Oslo blast • Police: Death toll may rise at youth camp
President Barack Obama and Vice President Biden met with the top Democrats Thursday night. House Speaker Boehner meets with key members of his party today.
Some Democrats have had it -- at least when it comes to reports of what's in a $3 trillion deal being shepherded by President Obama and House Speaker John Boehner.
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