We the people – with quills at the ready

The FDIC ‘works’ because it does what it says: kill ailing banks, while protecting depositors. The eurozone needs similar clarity, writes Gillian Tett

Washington has summoned the head of Sweden's debt office, presumably to glean tips on what it should do next, writes Gillian Tett

Ohio Republican Senator Rob Portman rocked his party on Friday with his announcement that he has changed his mind about same-sex marriage, a startling reversal that Portman said was sparked by the revelation that his own son is gay.

Ohio Republican Senator Rob Portman rocked his party on Friday with his announcement that he has changed his mind about same-sex marriage, a startling reversal that Portman said was sparked by the revelation that his own son is gay.

In what is being billed as a major policy speech, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is set to lay out a new message for the Republican Party in a speech Tuesday at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington, D.C.

A few dozen Republicans have joined a bipartisan call to break the impasse between President Barack Obama and House Speaker John Boehner over taxes for the highest-earning Americans. The Republicans signed a letter calling for exploration of “all options” on taxes and entitlement programs, a signal that some rank-and-file members are ready to bargain.

An admission: I shouldn't be calling this "the Republican health care plan." There's no involvement from GOP leadership. There's no endorsement from the House Republican Caucus. The Patient's Choice Act is the work of four men. Sens. Tom Coburn (Okla.) and Richard Burr (N.C.), and Reps. Paul Ryan (Wisc.), and Devin Nunes (Calif.). Sen.

Orrin Hatch published a misleading op-ed on the reconciliation process in this morning's Washington Post. It turns out that a budgetary procedure Hatch has frequently used poses a threat to the continued functioning of democracy itself.