I’m not sure how else to describe what House Republicans have been doing for the last three days.

Set aside the acting-out, the ideological myopia, and the general chaos. Those speak for themselves. Any objective analysis of the latest Boehner proposal comes down to one simple question: If passed as is, would it preserve the AAA credit rating of the United States? The answer is quite clearly a resounding “No.” Read More

Obama hits his lowest approval rating ever in the Gallup poll: 40%.

Voting on Speaker Boehner’s revised-but-still-DOA debt plan just began. Watch live.

Boehner’s bastardized debt ceiling bill passes 218-210. Twenty-two Republicans voted against it.

News Corp. orders its New York Post employees, as a precaution, to preserve any documents pertaining “to unauthorized retrieval of phone or personal data” and “to payments for information to government officials.”

With the House bill passed, Brian Beutler sketches out the road to a final deal.

Was getting a debt ceiling bill — any bill — through the House enough to save John Boehner’s speakership? The hardest part may actually be yet to come.

Look at the new blueprint Harry Reid and the Democrats hope will help end the debt crisis.

Fisker Automotive delivers its first electric car. Finally.

The House and Senate have just reconvened for what is set to be an extraordinary weekend session of down-to-the-wire maneuvering, with now just days to go until the U.S. faces a possible default on its debts. Read More