The early morning sun rises behind the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC.
- President Obama will release a budget next week that proposes significant cuts to Medicare and Social Security and fewer tax hikes than in the past, a conciliatory approach that he hopes will convince Republicans to sign onto a grand bargain that would curb government borrowing and replace deep spending cuts that took effect March 1.
- Social issues now divide Republicans.
- Paul Krugman: Unemployment, not excessive money printing, is what ails us now
- Austin could become the next Dubai.
- Treasury Secretary Jacob Jew and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano have agreed to a pay cut due to sequestration.
- Sen. Chuck Schumer‘s bipartisan approach.
- Will Texas turn blue?
- RIP Roger Ebert.