We are facing a moment in Washington. Both Republicans and Democrats have decided, in poker lingo, to go all-in on the same hand, the looming set of mandatory across-the-board cuts known as the ...

Agency heads warn of wildfires and neglect for vulnerable Americans. Feb. 21, 2013 -- intro: If the heads of 20 federal agencies are to be believed, disastrous consequences await if President Obama ...

The sequester is here, with an initial $85 billion worth of haphazard and economically destructive spending cuts, a Washington wound almost universally described as “self-inflicted.” Let’s be clearer: ...

IRS to issue furlough notices next week to all employees due to sequester April 23, 2013 -- A little more than a month into the sequester and fresh out of tax season, the Internal Revenue Service has ...

On Tuesday, Fox News Channel’s Megyn Kelly dug into President Barack Obama’s falling job approval rating in recent public polling. In a conversation about Obama’s lackluster approval rating with a Fox ...

The financial markets have all but shrugged off the hyped impact of the sequester, which was due to take effect Friday and which includes $85 billion in cuts to government spending this fiscal year.

Every day that passes without a deficit-cutting deal makes it more likely that the federal government will be forced into its first "sequester" in nearly 30 years, a problem of politicians' own making ...

Subscribe to The St. Louis American‘s free weekly newsletter for critical stories, community voices, and insights that matter. Sign up Today, the $85 billion in across-the-board cuts, the “sequester,” ...

After weeks of dire forecasts about the consequences of automatic federal budget cuts, Washington-area residents awoke Friday to a region mostly unchanged by the onset of sequestration. But the longer ...