When the sequester federal spending cuts forced flight delays because of the furlough of air traffic controllers, the normally deadlocked Congress acted in less than a week to give the Federal Aviation Administration flexibility to avoid the furloughs.

The principal food supplier to US troops in Afghanistan is embroiled in a costly dispute with the Pentagon that has attracted congressional interest

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghan President Hamid Karzaisaid Monday that his national security team has been receiving payments from the U.S. government for the past 10 years.

Liberals are increasingly facing a conundrum as the Pentagon experiences the deepest cuts in a generation: The significant reductions in military spending that they have long sought are also taking a huge bite out of economic growth.

“Spending cuts hold back US growth,” warns an across the page headline of the conservative Financial Times. No surprise there.

Americans are in trouble.  Wages are losing ground.  Over 20 million need full-time work.  The percentage of working-age Americans with jobs is at its lowest level since 1979.

Dear Mr. President,

Your Guantanamo choice – to release the hunger strikers or let them die – reminds me of Margaret Thatcher’s similar choice in 1981 when “the Iron Lady,” as her admirers called her, allowed 10 Irishmen to slowly starve to death because she would not recognize their most basic human rights.