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President Barack Obama is canceling a trip to Asia to stay in Washington and push for an elusive funding bill to get the nation's business up and running.

According to a new CBS News poll most Americans are unhappy with the GOP over Democrats when it comes to the Government Shutdown.

President Barack Obama is canceling two stops on his long-planned trip to Asia because of the partial government shutdown.

The Senate has adopted a bill to pay members of the military in case the government shuts down.

The White House and congressional Democrats say House approval of a delay in President Barack Obama's health care law does nothing but push the government closer to a partial shutdown in less than 48 hours.

President Barack Obama says a failure to increase the government's borrowing authority would effectively shutter the economy.

Texas Republican Ted Cruz is standing at the podium in the Senate chamber as he rips Obamacare.  Cruz wants the Senate to defund the healthcare reform law as a condition of continuing government funding.  The government runs out of money early next week without a bipartisan deal in the House and Senate to continue funding...

President Barack Obama opens meetings at the United Nations with diplomatic opportunities on three vexing issues: Iran's disputed nuclear program, Syria's chemical weapons use, and elusive peace between Israel and the Palestinians.

House GOP leaders appear likely to give tea party lawmakers a chance to use a routine temporary government funding bill to try to muscle the Democratic-controlled Senate into derailing President Barack Obama's health care law.

President Obama again made his case for action against Syria in a speech from the East Room of the White House on Tuesday night while asking the House and Senate to put off a vote a vote on military action.