Vance County schools are making some changes to school lunches in the wake of the government shutdown, according to a statement on the school system’s Facebook page: Due to the Federal Government Shutdown, lunch menus in Vance County Schools have been revised to a minimum level to conserve food and funding. Starting the week of […]

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Congress on Friday overwhelmingly approved 'a sweeping, year-end fiscal package.'

In a morning meeting with Republicans on Friday, House Speaker John Boehner announced his resignation from Congress amidst a struggle that could end with a government…

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The government shutdown in October lasted 16 days and cost at least $24 billion, and there are fears another one may be coming on Jan. 15.…

What went wrong for Republicans in their recent showdown with the president and Democrats over the debt ceiling and funding the government? “We picked the…

After 16 tense days in Washington, D.C., the government shutdown is officially over. President Barack Obama signed a bill to re-open the government and raise…

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Time growing desperately short, House Republicans pushed for passage of legislation late Tuesday to prevent a threatened Treasury default, end a 15-day…

Roland Martin finds it funny that the Tea Party has not questioned Sen. Ted Cruz’s citizenship, even though the Texas lawmaker, who has an American-born mother, was…

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Really, aren’t you just over it already? Aren’t you over giving people who could not care less about you the power to decide what you…

Comedian Huggy Lowdown jokes with the crew about wanting the government shutdown to be over, Christina Milian‘s exit from “Dancing with the Stars”, and Sylvester…