It has become commonplace to say that Washington is broken, but rarely does one get to see all the broken parts perform live and in concert as they did on the Senate floor Wednesday morning. There and then Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and his Republican counterpart, Mitch McConnell, executed a veritable Dance of Dysfunction, a bravura Promenade of Pathology. Facing yet another deadline for a government shutdown , this one just over 36 hours away, the two leaders decided that the most constructive course of action would be to stand 10 feet apart in the Senate well and trade televised insults for 20 minutes without looking at each other. Read full article > >

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Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell and the Malfunction Minuet

The doctor who failed to spot the broken back of the abused London toddler Baby P is removed from the UK’s medical register.

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Baby P doctor taken off register

The Obama administration has stated it will aggressively go after Wall Street criminals, but is the government letting two defendants off easy? As part of a big crackdown on Wall Street fraud , Attorney General Eric Holder recently revealed an “investigation is ongoing” that is “ very serious ,” believed to involve hedge funds and insider trading. He also has announced “ Operation Broken Trust ,” a Department of Justice-led task force targeting hundreds of illicit investment schemes. One of Holder’s wingmen is Preet Bharara, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. read more

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SEC Describes Possible Criminal Activity in Unprosecuted Hedge Fund Case

The president needs to find a way around the political system’s breakdown.

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Washington’s broken politics weaken America abroad

House and Senate candidates have already shattered fundraising records for a midterm election and are on their way to surpassing $2 billion in spending for the first time, according to new campaign finance data.

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Records broken for fundraising

Bob Woodward’s book calls into question the legitimacy of the presidential secrecy system.

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Our nation’s secrets, stuck in a broken system