Oversight

FAA impasse unlikely to end soon

Boehner's office says 'clean' extension bill is out of the question.

Defense

Panetta tries to assuage Pentagon budget-cutting concerns

Additional $500 billion cut that would come if congressional deficit reduction committee fails to do its job is meant to be a worst-case scenario.

Defense

Senate panel cuts more than $500 million from spy operations

Bill would reduce intelligence spending by about 1 percent.

Oversight

'Gang of Six' pessimistic about special debt panel

If the super committee fails to reach a deal, then guaranteed across-the-board cuts will kick in.

Defense

Panetta addresses Defense cuts in memo to Pentagon

"We can -- and must -- address the budget and protect the country," Defense secretary says.

Oversight

Budget crunch could hit USAID, State personnel hard

Former government officials say jobs at international development agencies could be at risk.

Oversight

FAA partial shutdown continues

Senate prepares to follow the House to recess, while Treasury loses out on some $200 million per week in tax revenue collected through airline tickets.

Defense

Debt-ceiling deal saddles contractors with new uncertainty

Defense cuts that could reach $850 billion in a decade seen as divorced from strategy.

Defense

IG: Iraq logistics contractor marked up prices as much as 12,000 percent

Auditor questions nearly 40 percent of company’s billings, among them $900 for a $7 control switch.

Oversight

End to FAA mess in sight

Senate considers House-passed bill -- including GOP provisions -- to fund the aviation agency into September.

Oversight

Obama signs debt deal, turns to job creation

To all those caught up in the frenzy of the debt-ceiling fight in Washington these past few weeks, it seemed like a moment of relief, but it was only the “first step,” as Obama called it.

Defense

Ashton Carter named as new deputy secretary of Defense

The physicist currently serves as the undersecretary of Defense for acquisition, technology and logistics.

Oversight

LaHood: FAA funding failure has 'enormous' ripple effects

Partial shutdown will hurt construction workers as well as agency employees, Transportation chief says.

Defense

Mullen presses Iraqis to decide U.S. troop status

Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman wants immunity to be part of a withdrawal.

Oversight

A Laughingstock

Members of Congress may not realize it, but they are becoming national jokes.

Oversight

House passes debt deal; action moves to Senate

Bill gains bipartisan support, although 66 Republicans and 95 Democrats voted against it.

Oversight

House plans to recess without funding FAA

Partial shutdown will continue until September.

Oversight

Cybersecurity: Defense Department

The latest in our series of Best Practices Case Studies.

Oversight

The deal, point by point

An outline of the debt ceiling deal.

Oversight

Reaction to the debt deal

Politicians respond to the framework announced Sunday night.