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The debt ceiling will be lifted and the US will be able to pay its bills. But what's the impact of the hard-won deficit-reduction agreement on jobs, the economy and...

Is the debt deal a done deal? That's the big question, and we might not know until tomorrow...

Efforts to avert an unprecedented economic crisis. Also, expiring patents on prescription drugs will have a major impact on the pharmaceutical industry and US consumers.

No one knows what the first default in US government history might look

E-mail and phone lines are jammed on Capitol Hill, and there's a nasty Twitter campaign against all of Washington. But despite the impending deadline...

The man who killed 76 fellow Norwegians may be insane, but he's not alone in concern about the impact of immigration. We hear about the reaction to multiculturalism...

As the markets and the public look on nervously, the clock continues to tick on negotiations to raise the federal debt ceiling. Terrence McNally guest hosts.

We've made progress addressing climate change, but dispute and paralysis are still common. Even among those who accept that global warming is real...

After 30 years, the $200 billion Shuttle Program ended today when Atlantis landed at Cape Canaveral. As one era of space exploration ends, what's in store for the next one?

Political gridlock is pushing Washington toward financial catastrophe if the two parties can't agree to raise the debt ceiling by August 2. Now there's potential gridlock over finance reform....