The house is scheduled to vote on a short- term budget deal this afternoon. House GOP leaders do not have enough votes to pass the stopgap measure. This short-term spending bill would fund the government through February 16th, and extend the Children's Health Insurance Program for six years. We discuss why Speaker Ryan hasn't been able to whip up enough votes.
And from the Aziz Ansari fallout to Ellen Pompeo's groundbreaking $20 million payday, we talk about all the latest entertainment news.
Plus, are the Winter Olympics ushering in a new era of cooperation between North and South Korea? The two countries will march together at the opening ceremonies, and compete together in a unified ice hockey team. We'll talk about that and all the latest sports news.
Lawmakers in several states are embracing legislation to let children work in more hazardous occupations, longer hours on school nights and in expanded roles including serving alcohol in bars and restaurants as young as 14.
Target once distinguished itself as being boldly supportive of the LGBTQ+ community. Now that status is tarnished after it removed some LGBTQ+-themed products and relocated Pride Month displays to the back of stores in certain Southern locations in response to online complaints and in-store confrontations that it says threatened employees’ well-being.
With one of three major rating agencies warning that America’s AAA credit is at risk, the stakes are growing in the standoff in Washington over raising the nation's debt limit.
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate rose this week to its highest level since mid March, driving up borrowing costs for prospective homebuyers facing a housing market that’s constrained by a dearth of homes for sale.
On this edition of Stretching Your Dollar, Corey William Schneider talks about how he made exploring the city a full-time job by founding the New York Adventure Club.
