 Obama: Any debt solution must be bipartisan
 As the Republican-led House and Democratic-led Senate push ahead with separate measures to avert a calamitous U.S. default next week, President Barack Obama once again urged compromise in the stalled negotiations.
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New rules to demand far higher fuel economy
 President Barack Obama, with the backing of major carmakers, announced a plan to boost average fuel economy of new cars and trucks to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025, double current levels.
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NJ: Debt debacle makes Congress laughingstock
 Lawmakers may not realize they are becoming national jokes, but they are. Washington is now sullying America’s long-deserved reputation as the leading country in the world to such an extent that we are becoming a laughingstock.
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Bush explains reaction upon learning of 9/11 attacks
 Former President George W. Bush says what some people took as his apparent lack of reaction to the first news of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks was actually a conscious decision on his part to project an aura of calm in a crisis.
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Norway gunman utilized lax US gun laws
 The U.S. should be ashamed that its laws would allow high-capacity gun clips used in the Norwegian massacre to be sold and shipped overseas, says a New York congresswoman.
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Congressmen want to roll back new Cuba travel rules
 A growing numbers of Cuban-Americans are worried about the U.S. reinstating strict limits on how often they can visit relatives. At the same time, general tour companies are taking advantage of new rules that allow educational tourism to Cuba.
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