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Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis.

GOP: No government shutdown if you give us what we want

Andrew Leonard
Paul Ryan promises that Republicans won't force the ultimate budget showdown. Why would he do that?
Thousands of anti-government protesters gather in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Feb. 7, 2011. The protests, which saw tens of thousands of people massing daily in downtown Cairo for demonstrations that at times turned violent, have raised questions about the impact on the economy. More than 160,000 foreign tourists fled the country in a matter of days last week, in an exodus sure to hammer the vital tourism sector. (AP Photo/Manoocher Deghati) (AP)

Why Mubarak fell

Michael Schwartz
The (sometimes) incredible power of nonviolent protest
President Barack Obama speaks at Parkville Middle School and Center of Technology, in Parkville, Md., Monday, Feb., 14, 2011. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) (Carolyn Kaster)

Reasons to cheer for Obama’s budget

Andrew Leonard
If enacted, the president's spending plan would accomplish great things. So why are liberals so upset?
In this photo taken Feb. 10, 2011, stacks of the appendix of the 2012 budget wait to be bound at the U.S. Government Printing Office at Washington. President Barack Obama Obama will send his 2012 budget proposal to Congress on Monday, Feb. 14. According to an Office of Management and Budget summary obtained by The Associated Press, the administration will propose more than $1 trillion in deficit reduction over the next decade with two-thirds of that amount coming from spending cuts. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) (AP)

Obama’s budget is irrelevant

Andrew Leonard
The real fight is over how to keep the government going past March 4. Everything else is a sideshow
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio watches as President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Pool) (AP)

Obama’s choice: Fight fire with gasoline

Robert Reich
The president proposes a budget with spending cuts ... which have nothing to do with reviving the economy
John Boehner

House GOP unveils deeper spending cuts

David Espo
Proposed package, toughened at the behest of tea party backed lawmakers, would cut $61 billion in domestic spending
People wave signs at a Tea Party protest on the grounds of the Colorado state Capitol in Denver on April 15, 2009.

The Tea Party budget takeover

Andrew Leonard
The new crop of Republicans in Congress are calling the shots -- and raising the odds of a government shutdown
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell answers a question about falling ice at Cowboys Stadium while taking part in a news conference to launch the Gen YOUth Foundation at the NFL football Super Bowl XLV Media Center in Dallas, Friday, Feb. 4, 2011. The Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers will face each other in Super Bowl XLV Sunday. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) (AP)

After Super Bowl, NFL stoppage looms

AP/Salon
Football will face a labor dispute, despite its wild success
A veiled woman holds a poster calling for President Hosni Mubarak to go, in Tahrir, or Liberation, Square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011. Tens of thousands of people flooded into the heart of Cairo Tuesday, filling the city's main square as a call for a million protesters was answered by the largest demonstration in a week of unceasing demands for President Hosni Mubarak to leave after nearly 30 years in power. (AP Photo/Victoria Hazou) (AP)

Mubarak angers Egypt masses, despite vow

AP/Salon
The Egyptian president's abdication promise does little to quell the protests
The crowd gathers in Tahrir, or Liberation, Square in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011. Tens of thousands of people flooded into the heart of Cairo Tuesday, filling the city's main square as a call for a million protesters was answered by the largest demonstration in a week of unceasing demands for President Hosni Mubarak to leave after nearly 30 years in power. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra) (Khalil Hamra)

Mubarak will not seek reelection, if elected he will not serve

AP/Salon
Addressing his nation and the world, Hosni Mubarak announced that he would not run for president in September

Egypt’s communications ‘kill switch’

Dan Gillmor
Just what Joe Lieberman wants for America?
** FILE **In this photo released by European plane maker Airbus, Friday Dec. 17, 2004 of Air Asia, China signed an order Thursday with Airbus for 150 mid-size A320 planes as the European aircraft maker took a major step toward opening its first Chinese assembly line, Thursday, Oct 26, 2006. The Airbus sale was among a series of business deals signed as French President Jacques Chirac began a state visit to China. (AP Photo/Airbus, HO) (Associated Press)

The risks of speedy turnarounds

Patrick Smith
Getting a plane off the gate quickly and on-time is a point of pride for airlines. But how fast is too fast?
WASHINGTON - APRIL 27: House Budget Committee ranking member Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) (R) delivers an opening statement during a conference committee meeting in the U.S. Captiol April 27, 2009 in Washington, DC. House and Senate lawmakers have already struck a tentative deal on the FY2010 budget resolution and they hope to file a conference report after today's meeting. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Paul Ryan (Chip Somodevilla)

House GOP votes to return to pre-Obama spending levels

Andrew Taylor
Over at the Senate, Majority Leader Harry Reid rejects president's call for banning earmarks in spending bill

Why Obama is ready for the debt ceiling showdown

Andrew Leonard
The White House is loaded with veterans of the last great battle to keep the government operating

“It is the most monumental insanity”

Andrew Leonard
Conservative historian Bruce Bartlett explains why Tea Party thinking on national debt ceiling is "idiotic"
House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH) listens during a media availability to discuss planning for a new Republican majority, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington November 10, 2010. REUTERS/Molly Riley (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS) (Reuters)

Wanted: A Democratic tax-cut backbone

Andrew Leonard
Obama's readiness to cut a deal is upsetting liberals. Maybe it's time for them to act like Republicans?
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Iran President: Uranium centrifuges impacted by computer worm

Ali Akbar Dareini
Ahmadinejad admits Stuxnet caused problems for centrifuges in Iran
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Technical troubles stop Iran nuclear enrichment

George Jahn
Diplomats have no specifics on cause of the problem, but Stuxnet computer virus suspected
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The party of phony symbolic action

Jonathan Bernstein
If Republicans can continue to push their empty threats in the House, they'll be just fine these next two years
House Republican leader John Boehner of Ohio, right, and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, swap positions at the microphones to answer questions on the sweeping GOP victory in the 2010 midterm elections, Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2010, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington . (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) (AP)

The government shutdown deathwatch begins

Andrew Leonard
In December, the GOP has a chance to turn Tea Party dreams into reality. But are they crazy enough to take it?
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No, GOP can’t actually repeal healthcare reform

Ricardo Alonso-zaldivar
Republicans now control the House, but don't have the votes to overcome a Senate filibuster or the president's veto

Obama should push back — like Bill Clinton

Joe Conason
It's true that Clinton compromised after 1994 -- but first he fought the Gingrich GOP to a standstill

Professional jealousy? Really?

Patrick Smith
Give me a break. My gripe isn't with the idea of heroics, but rather with the hype machine that misuses the term
Tea party protesters gather at Freedom Plaza in Washington, Thursday, April 15, 2010. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) (Evan Vucci)

The Tea Party, explained

Steve Kornacki
The terms "Tea Party movement" and "Republican base" really are interchangeable
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