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Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Boehner, Reid Squabble As Shutdown Continues

Comments (1) | Congress, Democrats, federal government, GOP, government shutdown, Harry Reid, healthcare, john boehner, Nation and World, Obamacare, politics, President Obama, Republicans, Senate, shutdown

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Francesca Bessey
Executive Producer

"This isn't some damn game!" Boehner said Friday.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Government Shutdown: 5 Reasons Why Lane Kiffin Could Replace Harry Reid

Comments (8) | 2013, Barack Obama, federal government, fired, government, government shutdown, Harry Reid, Huffington Post, Jordan Cameron, Lane Kiffin, Layla Kiffin, leader, los angeles times, Matt Barkley, Max Meyer, mitt romney, National, Oakland Raiders, politics, Robert Woods, shutdown, sports feed, U.S. government, University of Tennessee, USC

Max Meyer
Senior Sports Editor

Lane for Senate Majority Leader!

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Government Shutdown Globally Significant, Bigger Than You

Comments (0) | 1996 government shutdown, affordable care act, compromise, Congress, Democrats, federal government, government shutdown, healthcare, house of representatives, Legislature, Obama, Obamacare, Opinion, politics, popular opinion, recession, Republicans, Senate, U.S., u.s. global influence, world, world power

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F. Jaspar Abu-Jaber
Contributor

Can we stop pretending that this doesn't matter?

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Republican Steve King Voted Against Mandate to Delay Obamacare

Comments (56) | federal government, government shutdown, house of representatives, Iowa, Michele Bachmann, Obama, Obamacare, Politics, Republicans, Senate, Steve King, tea party, Tea Party caucus

Miguel Arreola
Executive Producer

Why did the Tea Party Caucus member do it?

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Government Shutdown: Political Expertise In The Twitter-Verse?

Comments (1) | affordable care act, budget bill, Congress, Democrats, federal government, federal spending, government shutdown, house of representatives, Media, Obama, Obamacare, Opinion, politically informed, politics, public, Republicans, Senate, Twitter

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Erin MacLeod
Contributor

STORIFY: America, home of the uninformed.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Senate Approves Budget Bill, Saves Obamacare

Comments (0) | affordable care act, budget bill, Congress, defunding of obamacare, Democrats, federal government, federal government shutdown, federal spending, federal spending cuts, Harry Reid, health care, house of representatives, Nation and World, new york times, Obama, Obamacare, partisanship, Republicans, Senate, Ted Cruz, ted cruz filibuster

The Senate voted, along party lines, to strip language defunding Obamacare. (Talk Radio News Service, Creative Commons)

Francesca Bessey
Executive Producer

Obamacare will live to fight another day. Or to drain the coffers, depending on your perspective.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Food Stamp Funding Slashed

Comments (0) | Democrats, federal government, Food, food stamp cuts, food stamps, food stamps bill, house of representatives, Nation and World, Obama, Republicans, U.S., welfare

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Francesca Bessey
Executive Producer

Even with cuts, food stamps could cost as much as $700 billion over the next ten years.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Federal Terrorist Database Too Big To Flag Boston Suspect

Comments (0) | Boston, boston marathon bombing, cia, counterterrorism, dept. of homeland security, dhrovkar tsarnaev, federal government, Ford, Nation and World, obama administration, Russia. federal intelligence, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, TIDE, Tsarnaevs, united states government

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Francesca Bessey
Executive Producer

With some 875,000 records, some believe the federal terrorist database is too big to be of use.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

Obama's Salary Solidarity Is A Media Stunt

Comments (4) | federal government, furlough, Obama, Opinion, opinion, President, salary, sequester

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Christopher Robinson
Contributor

There is no need for the President to act like he is making a sacrifice.

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Buzz

Film Review: 'The Finest Hours'

Craig Gillespie directed this true story about "the most daring rescue mission in the history of the U.S. Coast Guard.”

LIVE State of the Union Recap And Analysis

Watch USC Annenberg Media's live State of the Union recap and analysis here.

 

The Biggest Threat To The United States Is Not The Fiscal Cliff

Comments (2) | 47 percent, Ben bernanke, bush tax cuts, compromise, Congress, debt, debt ceiling, democracy, Democrats, federal debt, federal government, Federal Reserve, finance, fiscal cliff, government, money, national debt, Opinion, partisanship, Progress, Republicans, revenue, spending, taxes

(Talk Radio News Service, Creative Commons)

Alex Blow
Contributor

The Fiscal Cliff is solely a product of our policymakers’ inaction.

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