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Tax receipts are greater than expected, and with Treasury's ability to use extraordinary measures to avoid a default, D-Day may be delayed.

According to a congressional report, those who applied for Obamacare over the phone experienced the same problems online applicants faced.

Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said his company has lodged complaints with the president, the NSA and Congress.

The impacts to come from the shutdown, however, could prove even worse

In addition, Edward D. Jones & Co. LP says now is the time to keep calm and carry on (with your long-term financial strategy).

The first positive signals out of Washington in weeks suggests a hint of a deal to avoid a U.S. default - which is one week away.

The U.S. government shutdown has put the Antarctic research program on ice. Here are five other science programs the shutdown has left in limbo.

Nobody asked for a government shutdown. It is not a political strategy, it is a disease eating its way through our country from the inside out.

The U.S. Treasury has no intention of parting with any of its gold, even if Congress doesn’t raise the debt ceiling.

Peter P. Costa, president of Empire Executions, Inc., discussed why the debt ceiling is "a much bigger issue" than the government shutdown.

Twitter may submit files for an IPO this week, but it could be delayed due to the threat of a shutdown of the U.S. government.

Senator John McCain was caught gaming on his iPhone during a U.S. Senate hearing.

The speaker tells the White House Congress must be consulted, and a poll confirms Americans want to stay out.

The Dow and S&P 500 flirt with all-time highs as investors listen to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's congressional testimony.

Doreen Mogavero discusses what traders expect to hear from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke during his speech before Congress.

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is on Capitol Hill for his regular, semiannual testimony on the economy.

Tea Party darling Michele Bachmann announced Wednesday she won't seek re-election for her seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.In a video message, Bachmann, who ran for the Republican presidential nominations last year, emphasized that her standing down didn't have anything to do with the investigation into the activities of her presidential campaign staff, or concerns she would be defeated for the Minnesota seat in 2014.And for the Tea Party Patriots, or TPP, the country's largest tea party organization, she will be sorely missed.

At times Wonkbook is insufferable, at others, it’s hilarious -- hilarious in the “they-meant-to-do-it-even-though-they-didn’t-mean-to-do-it” way.

The legality of the Cuban trip taken by Beyonce and Jay-Z has been questioned by some Florida lawmakers.

How did your member of Congress vote on the bill containing the "Monsanto Protection Act"?

Learn all the scary facts about the "Monsanto Protection Act," which opponents call the Farmer Assurance Provision, which Congress approved as part of a spending bill that Obama has signed.