John Boehner Threatened

• Man Accused of Threatening to Kill US House Leader John Boehner

  Federal prosecutors allege that a man threatened to murder US House Speaker John Boehner last fall.

• Hours from debt deadline, US pins hope on Senate exit strategy

  The United States stands hours from a fateful fiscal deadline, with a chaotic political standoff threatening to trigger a debt default and rock the global economy.

• Fiscal talks fail, US stumbles toward steep budget cuts

  The U.S. government stumbled headlong on Friday toward wide-ranging spending cuts that threaten to hinder the nation's economic recovery, after President Barack Obama and congressional leaders failed to find an alternative budget plan.

• US stares down start of steep 'automatic' budget cuts

  The US government hurtled on Friday toward making deep spending cuts that threaten to hinder the nation's economic recovery, after Republicans and Democrats failed to agree on an alternative deficit-reduction plan.

• Barack Obama to Republicans: Can we just move on?

  President Barack Obama used his State of the Union address on Tuesday night to try to push past the fiscal battles that plagued his first term - and still threaten his second - as he laid out an agenda he hopes will shape his legacy.

• US 'fiscal cliff' talks turn sour, Obama threatens veto

  Talks to avoid a U.S. fiscal crisis stalled on Wednesday as President Barack Obama accused opponents of holding a personal grudge against him while the top Republican negotiator called the president "irrational."