After two weeks of embarrassing failures, the Obama administration announced Sunday it was calling on the “best and brightest” techies from government and Silicon Valley to fix healthcare.gov, the bug-riddled website at the heart of the ObamaCare exchanges, reports Politico. And the NY Post reveals Oprah refused President Obama’s request to help pitch ObamaCare, speculates […]

A Chinese ratings agency downgraded its U.S. sovereign credit ratingThursday despite Washington’s resolution of the debt ceiling deadlock, warning that fundamentals for a potential default remained “unchanged”. Dagong lowered its ratings for U.S. local and foreign currency credit from A to A-, maintaining a negative outlook, according to AFP.  Meanwhile, Daily Caller is reporting there’s no actual debt ceiling […]

After two weeks of pressure and on-again, off-again negotiations, Congress reached agreement Wednesday evening to end the government shutdown and avert a debt default. The deal creates a new set of deadlines – and the potential for future stand-offs. House and Senate budget conferees are directed to submit a budget report by December 13. Government […]

Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell were filling out the details Tuesday night on a deal to avert a federal debt default, reports Politico. But the House appears in disarray, after a day in which Speaker John Boehner was unable to garner enough support to pass his own proposed debt deal, according to the Wall Street […]

Leaders in the Senate announced they were close to a deal to end the government shutdown and avoid a federal debt default in the next few days, reports the Wall Street Journal. The deal would fund the federal government until January 15 and raise the debt ceiling until February 15. It assumes both parties would […]