In a few days, some $ 85 billion in annual, across-the-board spending cuts are about to hit every department in every agency of the U.S. government. There’s no plan to avert the cuts, even though it’s widely...

Senate aides confirmed Friday that Republicans are coalescing around an alternative to the sequester that would keep the lower spending levels in place, but give federal agencies greater flexibility to determine where the cuts are implemented. The...

Republican House Budget Chair Paul Ryan laid the blame on Democrats Sunday for failing to avoid the sequester, accusing the Senate and the White House of showing “no leadership” on budget issues.  “There’s no leadership on the...

“Face the Nation” host Bob Schieffer ranted at Congress and the White House during a 90-second monologue Sunday, blaming collective Washington “ineptitude” for the spending cuts scheduled to kick in March 1 as a result of the...

Sequestration — a series of blunt and indiscriminate cuts to almost every government agency — will go into effect on March 1. Members of both parties are attempting to delay or mitigate the full force of the...

Both sides of the political aisle are trading blame for a looming sequester of across-the-board spending cuts that neither side really wants anymore. House Speaker John Boehner is blasting the “#obamaquester” on Twitter — which, as detailed...

The House Republican leadership shouldn’t act on President Barack Obama’s plea for Congress to delay upcoming sequester cuts and bridge the gap with new taxes, Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer said on Tuesday’s broadcast of “Special Report.” “I think...

Outgoing Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta warned on “Meet the Press” Sunday that Congress potentially letting the sequester go into effect would be “shameful and irresponsible,” and it would “damage the readiness” of the U.S. “Meet the...