Outside the Beltway

A budget deal has been reached, now it has to get through both Chambers of Congress.

Some good numbers for November in the Jobs report, but questions about the future remain.

3.6% GDP growth in the 3rd Quarter, but the devil is in the details.

Jeff Bezos’s latest idea may never get off the ground, but it sure is interesting.

Politics aside, the challenges to the PPACA’s birth control mandate raise important legal issues.

Was the Jobs Report released one month before Election Day 2012 rigged? Despite a new report, there’s no evidence to suggest that it was.

Thanks largely to France, this weekend’s efforts to reach an interim deal on Iran’s nuclear program fell apart.

A better than expected jobs report in October, but one that comes with a few caveats.

Legislation to ban discrimination in employment against gays and lesbians is set to make major gains in the Senate.

The economy of the Euro Zone remains in quiet dire straits, unless you’re lucky enough to live in Germany.

Nothing to write home about in the September Jobs Report.

Would you trust the men and women in this building?

The real world impact of what’s happening in Washington is becoming apparent.

The American jobs market continues to disappoint.

Bradley Manning’s announcement that she wishes to begin living life as a woman poses some interesting legal questions.

A lot of new jobs are being advertised but not many people are being hired to fill them. Peter Orszag doesn’t know why.

Unfortunately, our immigration debate is just plain dumb.

The Pentagon is considering making military retirees ineligible for civil service pensions.

To maintain growth China needs to consider its priorities.

In a move that was perhaps inevitable, the City of Detroit has filed for Bankruptcy Court protection.

There are many fallacies contained within the GOP’s insistence that immigration reform must begin and end with “border security.”

The Defense Department will freeze promotions, cut workers, and suspend training in the face of across-the-board funding cuts.

June’s Jobs Report was healthy, but the economy still needs to do better.

The Senate passed an immigration reform bill today, but it’s not going to go anywhere.

The Egyptian military appears to be signalling that its patience for political chaos may be running short.

A new Congressional Budget Office report finds real economic benefits from immigration reform.

Congress gets bad grades in Gallup’s latest poll, and gridlock is the main reason

The jobs news in May was good, but far from great.

Cellphones have achieved near complete market penetration, and the smartphone is leading the way.

The government is changing the way it calculates Gross Domestic Product.

The French economy has drifted into recession for the second time in four years.

Large numbers of younger workers are having trouble finding work in many parts of the developed world.

The April Jobs Report was good, but not exactly anything to write home about.

A new GOP would make it very difficult to get a good read on the state of the nation’s economy.

After months of impasse, a new coalition has been formed in Italy.