Comedian Carlos Alazraqui joins us in the Los Angeles Bureau at 9am ET / 6am PT for all three hours of “Coffee With Carlos”
Charlie Pierce of The Boston Globe and “Idiot America” calls in at 10am ET / 7am PT to talk about the debt ceiling deal
Rep. Paul Tonko (D-NY) calls in at 10:30am ET / 7:30am PT to talk about yesterday’s passage of the debt deal
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-TX) calls in at 11:30am ET / 8:30am PT to talk about the debt ceiling deal and what’s next for Congress
The U.S. avoided a feared and catastrophic default on the American debt, as lawmakers on Tuesday passed a measure that ties an agreement to raise the government’s capacity to borrow to steep cuts in government spending. President Obama quickly signed it into law.
A partisan stalemate that has partially shut down the Federal Aviation Administration will continue into September, stopping airport construction projects and depriving federal coffers of potentially more than $1 billion in uncollected ticket taxes, after congressional attempts to reach deal fell through on Tuesday.
A homeless man was in custody Tuesday night after climbing over the White House fence, the Secret Service said. The White House was in lockdown, and no one was allowed to leave the grounds, while authorities investigated the incident.
