Oversight
Play of the Day: Trump Versus Eagle
Time releases behind-the-scenes video of its shoot with the GOP frontrunner.
Pay & Benefits
Talks to Avoid a Shutdown Will Drag on Another Week
Congress will approve another short-term spending bill to give negotiators on omnibus and tax packages more time.
Oversight
Bill to Curb Fraud Through Data Analytics Clears House Panel
Meadows plan would create multi-agency working group chaired by U.S. controller.
Oversight
The Shutdown Fight Neither Party Wants
With Congress running out of time to pass a major spending bill, Republicans will try to keep the government open through the weekend.
Oversight
Play of the Day: The Backlash Against Trump's Latest Plan
Republican luminaries are uniting against the 2016 frontrunner.
Pay & Benefits
Lawmakers Look to a Short-Term CR to Avoid a Shutdown While They Finish Omnibus Spending Bill
The omnibus spending bill and the tax-extender package are moving slowly, and Congress may need to stay in town at least through the weekend to finish its work.
Oversight
Democrats’ Biggest Vulnerability In 2016: National Security
Hillary Clinton may suffer from the American public’s unease with President Obama’s performance against terror.
Oversight
Can You Accept That Glass of Wine at a Contractor’s Holiday Party?
Ethics office proposes updated gift guidance as the holiday season gets under way.
Oversight
Donald Trump Calls to Ban Muslim Immigrants
Republican frontrunner demands a "total and complete shutdown of Muslims entering the United States until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on."
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Play of the Day: The President's Speech Was Not Exactly Uplifting
The American public was OK until Obama called the Islamic State "a cancer."
Oversight
Partisan Sniping Muddles Timeline for Finishing Bill to Avoid Shutdown
House leaders kicked off the week by blaming the other side for slow negotiations.
Oversight
Congress Backs Crackdown on $125B in Improper Payments to the Dead, Others
Lawmakers temper expectations for actual savings from soon-to-be law.
Oversight
Newly Reauthorized Export-Import Bank Will Get Ethics Office, Risk Manager
President Obama asks customers for patience while the stalled agency resumes full services.
Oversight
Congress Will Race This Week to Avoid a Shutdown
Lawmakers will look to pass an omnibus spending bill and push forward on tax extenders, reconciliation and education.
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Play of the Day: Obama's Aiming a Little High
The American people don't have the strongest vocabulary skills, so "existential" might be a little aggressive a word for the president to use.
Oversight
Crude-Oil Exports Emerge as Wild Card in Talks to Avoid Shutdown
Negotiations over major spending and tax bills include lifting a decades-old ban, but the hurdles are very high.
Defense
What the Female Veterans in Congress Think About Women in Combat
"It's about damn time," Rep. Martha McSally, R-Ariz., says.
Oversight
Play of the Day: Breaking Down The Likability of Ted Cruz
The 2016 hopeful's former college roommate has percentages on how much he hates Cruz.
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Ex-Pentagon Official Blasts Political Parties for 'Crisis' in Washington
John Hamre asks government management experts to take lead in fixing dysfunction.
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