Republicans toss insults at Harry Reid  —  Washington's shutdown blame game is already in full force - and the government isn't even closed yet.  —  About 20 House Republicans gathered on the steps of the United States Senate on Sunday afternoon, a time usually reserved in the city for watching the Redskins.

Boehner accuses Democrats of ‘arrogance’ for delaying work to stop government shutdown  —  Speaker of the House John Boehner accused Harry Reid and other Senate Democrats of “breathtaking arrogance” for intentionally not convening a Sunday session to deal with compromise legislation to stop a government shutdown.

Senate Action on Health Law Moves to Brink of Shutdown  —  WASHINGTON — The Senate is expected to reject decisively a House bill that would delay the full effect of President Obama's health care law as a condition for keeping the government running past Monday, as Senator Harry Reid …

Govt to Sue North Carolina Over New Voter Law  —  The Justice Department will sue the state of North Carolina for alleged racial discrimination over tough new voting rules, the latest effort by the Obama administration to fight back against a Supreme Court decision that struck down the most powerful part …

Met Office proof that global warming is still ‘on pause’ as climate summit confirms global temperature has stopped rising  —  The global warming ‘pause’ has now lasted for almost 17 years and shows no sign of ending - despite the unexplained failure of climate scientists' computer models to predict it.