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FILE - In this April 1, 2011, file photo House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington to discuss GOP efforts to create jobs and cut spending. The dilemma facing Boehner to pass a fast-approaching spending compromise and avert a government shutdown is to get the overwhelming majority of votes to come from fellow Republicans, even if dozens of easily attainable Democratic votes could help carry the budget bill to victory. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) (AP)

Odds of a government shutdown surge

Andrew Taylor
Talks break down as President Obama spurns the GOP's latest offer during a White House meeting
FILE - In this April 5, 2009, file photo President Barack Obama addresses a crowd in Prague. Obama offered what would be a defining moment of his presidency: a pledge to seek a world without nuclear weapons. He outlined specific steps to reach that goal. Two years later, he has delivered on some of his promises, while other goals appear stalled. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File) (AP)

Obama calls Boehner to White House to talk budget

Andrew Taylor
Prospect of government shutdown looms large on the horizon as time to negotiate runs low

The battle for Wisconsin gets a high-stakes reality check

Andrew Leonard
A Wisconsin Supreme Court election on Tuesday could be the biggest political news development of 2011
FILE - In this April 1, 2011, file photo House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio pauses during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington to discuss GOP efforts to create jobs and cut spending. The dilemma facing Boehner to pass a fast-approaching spending compromise and avert a government shutdown is to get the overwhelming majority of votes to come from fellow Republicans, even if dozens of easily attainable Democratic votes could help carry the budget bill to victory. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) (AP)

Boehner wants to pass spending cuts with GOP alone

Charles Babington
Goal could push bill farther to the right, complicate negotiations with Congressional Democrats, White House
President Barack Obama gestures while speaking during his visit to a UPS shipping facility in Landover, Md., Friday, April 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) (AP)

Obama says spending deal close, Boehner doesn’t

David Espo
President and House speaker give conflicting reports on progress of federal budget negotiations

The three biggest threats to the GOP brand

Steve Kornacki
When it comes to public opinion, Republicans are their own worst enemy these days
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va.

Eric Cantor rewrites the Constitution

Andrew Leonard
According to the majority leader, House Republicans don't need the Senate or the president to create new laws
(AP)

This is why the GOP might force a shutdown?

Peter Finocchiaro
Defunding Planned Parenthood, gutting the EPA and more: The bottom-line demands that House Republicans are making
In this photo taken Friday, March 25, 2011, a man walks at the devastated city of Onagawa, Miyagi prefecture, northeastern Japan. As March 11 massive tsunami ravaged this Japanese fishing town, hundreds of residents fled for the safest place they knew: the local nuclear power plant. More than two weeks later, 240 remain, watching TV or playing ball games with their children next to three atomic reactors. It's a startling contrast to the troubled nuclear plant 75 miles (120 kilometers) southeast, where radiation leaks have forced an evacuation of nearby towns, terrifying the nation. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu) (AP)

Setbacks mount in Japan at leaking nuclear plant

Mari Yamaguchi
Seawater near Fukushima Daiichi power station testing at highest levels yet; plant to be scrapped after crisis

GOP suddenly discovers the Senate is broken

Andrew Leonard
Short memory hypocrisy alert: House Republicans complain about Senate delays on budget negotiations
President Barack Obama speaks at an event commemorating Greek Independence Day in the East Room of the White House, Friday, March 25, 2011 in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (AP)

How to tell if Obama is losing the budget showdown

Andrew Leonard
A quick and dirty scorecard for would-be judges. Hint: If GOP forces a government shutdown, it loses

What’s really driving the GOP’s abortion war

Amanda Marcotte
The economy is reeling and we're in three wars, but Republicans across the country are focused on ... abortion?
In this photo from a footage of a live camera released by Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO), black smoke billows from the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in Okumamachi, northeastern Japan,Tuesday, March 22, 2011. (AP Photo/Tokyo Electric Power Co. via Kyodo News) EDITORIAL USE ONLY (AP)

How the “peaceful atom” became a serial killer

Chip Ward
As the Fukushima meltdown continues, nuclear power loses its alibi
(Frank Franklin Ii)

The Planned Parenthood government shutdown

Andrew Leonard
The Senate's refusal to accept culture war budget cuts brings us one big step closer to budget gridlock

Pawlenty announces White House exploratory committee

Philip Elliott, Brian Bakst
Former Minnesota governor announces intention to run for president on his Facebook page this afternoon
Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, Friday, Feb. 11, 2011.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (AP)

Pawlenty takes first step toward presidential bid

Philip Elliott, Brian Bakst
The Minnesota Republican will announce formation of an exploratory committee on Facebook at 3 p.m.
The damaged No. 4 unit of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex in Okumamachi, northeastern Japan, on Tuesday March 15, 2011. White smoke billows from the No. 3 unit. Right: The Chernobyl site in 2008.

Six ways Fukushima is not Chernobyl

Lois Beckett
The Chernobyl meltdown was the result of negligence and a series of bad decisions. Japan's problems are different
President Barack Obama speaks at Miami Central Senior High School in Miami, Friday, March. 4, 2011. (AP Photo/Steve Mitchell) (Steve Mitchell)

Obama’s invisible budget showdown

Andrew Leonard
Another week, another temporary deal to keep the government going. Do we even know who is winning this fight?

House passes 3-week stopgap federal spending bill

Associated Press
54 Republicans voted against the measure, which would push back threat of government shutdown should Senate pass
A detail from the cover of "Aerotropolis"

The rise of the aerotropolis

Greg Lindsay, John D. Kasarda
A new town off the coast of Korea is the strangest example of a growing trend: Cities built around airports
Fukushima I Nuclear Power Plant (Kei)

Radiation levels surge near Japanese nuclear power plant

Associated Press
Over 3,000 people were evacuated from the area in what the government is calling the first ever "nuclear emergency"
President Barack Obama speaks at a memorial service for the victims of Saturday's shootings at McKale Center on the University of Arizona campus Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2011, in Tucson, Ariz. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

Obama, centrism and the Clinton myth

Robert Reich
Someone needs to tell the president that moving to the center is not what won Bill Clinton a second term
Flames rise from houses and debris half submerged in tsunami in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture (state) after Japan was struck by a strong earthquake off its northeastern coast Friday, March 11, 2011. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICA (AP)

Devastating tsunami hits Japan after 8.9 quake

Malcolm Foster
One of the largest earthquakes on record tore through Japan leaving a trail of death in its path
Opponents of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker's budget repair bill, including C.J. Terrell demonstrate outside the senate parlor at the Wisconsin State Capitol Building as legislators inside voted to move forward on an amended version of the controversial bill Wednesday, March 9, 2011. The new bill removes the fiscal elements from the bill and strips public employees of collective bargaining rights. (AP Photo/Wisconsin State Journal, John Hart) (AP)

Gov. Walker’s coup d’etat

Robert Reich
Now we know the truth: It really did have nothing to do with balancing Wisconsin's budget
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