Debt Ceiling

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio arrives on Capitol Hill in Washington, Monday, Oct. 7, 2013. The Republican-controlled House and the Democrat-controlled Senate are at an impasse, neither side backing down, after House GOP conservatives linked the funding bill to President Obama's existent health care law. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Obama to Boehner: No talks until government opens

Andrew Taylor · October 8, 2013 5:13 pm

In this photo taken Friday, Oct. 4, 2013, President Barack Obama speaks during an exclusive interview with The Associated Press in the White House library in Washington. Defending the shaky rollout of his health care law, Obama said frustrated Americans Ã?definitely shouldnÃ?t give upÃ? on the problem-plagued program now at the heart of his dispute with Republicans over reopening the federal government. Obama said he would be willing to negotiate with Republicans on health care, deficit reduction and spending, only if Republican House Speaker John Boehner holds votes to reopen the government and increase the nationÃ?s borrowing limit. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama calls John Boehner, says he still won’t negotiate

Brian Hughes · October 8, 2013 4:00 am

Five crazy ways for Obama to circumvent the debt ceiling

Joseph Lawler · October 8, 2013 4:00 am

Michael Tomasky makes a novel argument in the Daily Beast on the debt ceiling debate: President Obama's stance isn't hypocritical now because it was hypocritical before when it was made by Sen. Obama. (AP/Charles Dharapak)

Beltway Confidential

Possibly the lamest-ever argument that Obama is not a debt-ceiling hypocrite

Sean Higgins · October 8, 2013 4:00 am

As the U.S. government edges toward economic chaos brought on by the congressional standoff over raising the debt ceiling, an unlikely solution keeps presenting itself: The Treasury minting a $1 trillion platinum coin. (AP Photo)

Collectors criticize trillion-dollar platinum coin as an ‘accounting trick’

Joseph Lawler · October 8, 2013 4:00 am

Rep. David Schweikert, R-Ariz.: "Most members feel like the voters in their districts are starting to understand what the battle's about." (Laura Segall/Getty Images)

House Republicans say their constituents not worried about shutdown

Rebecca Berg · October 8, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama on Wednesday said that he is beginning to see the effects of the shutdown at the White House, as he took his case against GOP lawmakers to local television stations outside the beltway. (Screenshot: NBC)

Obama seeing personal effects of shutdown

Brian Hughes and Meghashyam Mali · October 8, 2013 4:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner will take up two bills this week aimed at pressuring Democrats into a favorable deal over restoring funding to end the federal government shutdown and raising the nation's $16.7 trillion debt ceiling. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

House GOP turns up pressure on Democrats to negotiate shutdown deal

Susan Ferrechio · October 8, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama says he won't negotiate over reopening the government or must-pass legislation to prevent a U.S. default on its obligations. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

White House says it will veto GOP-proposed fiscal committee

Meghashyam Mali · October 8, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama speaks about the government shutdown and debt ceiling during a visit to M. Luis Construction on Thursday in Rockville, Md.ÃÂ President Obama either came out strongly against Big Labor, a key part of his political base, or he committed a stunning political gaffe during his speech.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

Obama to take questions on fiscal feuds

Brian Hughes · October 8, 2013 4:00 am

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, rejected a claim by President Obama that House Republicans are unwilling to negotiate over the debt limit and federal funding legislation and said the president is asking for "unconditional surrender" from the GOP. (Graeme Jennings/Examiner)

John Boehner: Obama wants ‘unconditional surrender’ on funding government, raising debt limit

Susan Ferrechio · October 8, 2013 4:00 am

President Obama said during a press conference that he regularly told House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, that he should have taken the deal on spending and taxes offered during the 2011 debt ceiling fight.ÃÂ (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Obama: John Boehner ‘should have taken the deal I offered’ in 2011

Meghashyam Mali · October 8, 2013 4:00 am