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How swipe fee politics have crippled Washington
Andrew Leonard
In the midst of a lobbying war between banks and retailers, there's no time left for governing the country
Japan mulls a stricter evacuation zone near plant
Elaine Kurtenbach, Mari Yamaguchi
Japanese government may legally ban people from a 12-mile radius around crippled power plant
Japan nuclear firm reveals plan to end crisis
Yuri Kageyama, Shino Yuasa
TEPCO, operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power station, aims to stabilize plant within nine months
Harry Potter and the network of neutrality
Michael Winship
All of us have to stay on our toes if we're to continue to have the Internet as a potent force for change
The grief the GOP just brought on itself
Steve Kornacki
House Republicans just went on record supporting a radical overhaul of Medicare. No wonder Democrats are smiling
Is NBC’s Thursday night lineup doomed?
Matt Zoller Seitz
With uncertain futures for "30 Rock" and "The Office," and a spate of bad sitcoms, the network should be worried
Shutdown-averting budget deal clears House
Andrew Taylor
Dozens of Tea Party nays don't deter passage of the compromise struck by Obama and GOP leaders last week
Time to play ball
Gene Lyons
How Obama's seeming passivity has emboldened the right -- and made Republicans reckless
What to watch for in Obama’s deficit speech
Andrew Leonard
If the president can convince swing voters he's more reasonable than the GOP, he wins
America and the Great Disappointment
Michael Winship
He's proud of cutting the budget at expense of poor and at no cost to corporate America. What will Obama say next?
Let’s wait for Obama’s speech before we react to it
Joan Walsh
Bad and good news for Dems trickled out all day. We can still hope the president rejects the GOP's premises
Sorry, Obama, but budget cuts are not “historic”
Andrew Leonard
A case can be made for the deal, but it's not the one the president is making. And next up, more GOP extortion
Congress invokes power of White Stripes, Led Zeppelin
Drew Grant
Did rock prevent a government shutdown on Friday? And does that mean the era of the political hip-hop dis is over?
The Week in Uppers
Peter Finocchiaro
The cheerful news you missed while fretting about a government shutdown
Obama signs short-term bill staving off shutdown
Associated Press
Stop-gap measure will fund government until congressional leaders hammer out final bill next week
Pop Torn: 10 pieces of culture we’re feeling iffy about
Drew Grant
This week we're on the fence about Jay-Z's new lifestyle site, Miley Cyrus sex dolls and the baby bald eagle cam
Obama hails deal to avoid government shutdown
Associated Press
At the 11th hour, a compromise is struck
Was he bluffing the whole time?
Steve Kornacki
If John Boehner had played the shutdown drama any differently, he might now be another victim of the Tea Party
Deadline nears, and some Republicans go wobbly
Associated Press
Some surprising conservative voices call for their party to compromise on Planned Parenthood funding
The Planned Parenthood budget shuffle
Andrew Leonard
Both sides win when funding for women's health becomes the issue, instead of the size of government
Time’s about up: Shutdown now mere hours away
Ben Feller
Is the GOP's abortion insistence the only thing standing in the way of a compromise?
Scarlett Johansson stands with Planned Parenthood
Mary Elizabeth Williams
As a shutdown looms, a blitz of celebrities make their plea online -- but three unknowns are the real stars
Top Dem: GOP shutdown threat about abortion
Associated Press
A last-minute budget deal remains possible, but the deadline is now less than 24 hours away
The GOP’s economy problem
Andrew Leonard
As the unemployment picture improves, voters may tire of Republican hardball tactics. Case in point: Glenn Beck
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