Treasury Secretary: Social Security, Medicare, Veterans Payments First on the Chopping Block Absent Debt Ceiling Increase
Debt payments will be made but it'll be like a "default" in the general sense, he says
Politics
DC's House Delegate Confronts Obama Over Refusal to Fund DC
Republicans willing to keep DC's municipal government out of the crossfire
The Scientific Case for Decriminalization
Neuroscientist Carl Hart on the fundamental ignorance that shapes our national conversation about drug policy.
Drone Strike Orders Reportedly Down This Year As US Seeks More Intelligence
Not learning anything by just killing
Puerto Rico May Look For US Bailout
Doing worse than all eight cities that filed for bankruptcy in last 3 years
Outgoing Boston Mayor Rails Against School Bus Strike, Threatens Federal Lawsuit
Still in charge till January
Civil Disobedience Seen In Face of National Parks Shut Down
A dozen people have been cited for trying to see the Grand Canyon
Mike Ditka: I Helped Barack Obama Become President
Says if he had run against him for Senate in 2004 like Illinois Republicans wanted him to he would've ended Obama's career then and there
America the Lawless
From the Obama administration to the NYPD, government in America refuses to follow the Constitution.
DC Mayor Confronts Sen. Reid About Shutdown
City needs Congress' permission to spend its own money
Azerbaijan President Wins Third Term
Allegedly with 85 percent of vote, but opposition declared voting violations
Nonprofit to Fill-In Paying Death Benefits for Families of Fallen Soldiers
Will be reimbursed by the Department of Defense after the shutdown
Online Store Offers Free Video Games to Furloughed Government Employees
Including "Capitalism" and Capitalism 2"
Obama Sets More Lawmaker Meetings to Discuss Shutdown
Democrats today, Republicans tomorrow
Former Detroit Mayor to Be Sentenced Thursday
Kilpatrick convicted of 24 counts of bribery, extortion, racketeering, fraud and tax evasion.
Koch Brothers Deny Any Involvement in Pushing for Shutdown Due to Obamacare
They are lobbying for other methods to fight the Affordable Care Act
US Antarctic Research Program Canceled Due to Government Shutdown
For remainder of the year
Government Shutdown Turns Off Tap on New Craft Beers
Because some obscure federal agency has to approve new recipes and labels
NSA FOIA Requests Up 1000 Percent Since Edward Snowden Disclosures
FOIA request revealed the jump in FOIA requests
Government Shutdown: Don't Believe the Hype
Life goes on without all 3.4 million federal workers.
PAC Ad: Cory Booker Wasted $100 Million Zuckerberg School Donation on Focus Groups, Consultants
ACLU fought Booker over transparency on what was happening with the money
Folk High Schools, Adult Education, and the Philosophy of Nikolaj Grundtvig
Why the 19th Century Danish educator should be embraced by libertarians
Fisher House Foundation Volunteers to Cover Suspended Military Death Benefits Payments
Congress working to restore funding
US Considers Withholding Most Military Aid to Egypt, Except for Counter-Terrorism
Unaffected by government shutdown
