More than fifty percent of Americans surveyed in a new CNN / ORC poll say that the fact that the Republican Party is in control of the U.S. House of Representatives is bad for the country.
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Yosemite National Park is reopening to visitors Wednesday night with the end of the 16-day partial government shutdown
NEW YORK (AP) — What a difference a deal makes: Stocks rose Monday in no small part because of word that Washington at last was making progress on a possible deal that would avert a default by the U.S. government.
NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street after a breakdown in budget talks brought the nation closer to a potentially disastrous default on its debt.