Sign up for the daily CJR newsletter. Americans are not especially worried about the mandatory federal spending cuts set to begin March 1, widely cited polling by Pew ...

"Sequester\" is a powerful term that denotes the act of intentionally separating something from its environment. This concept is crucial in various con.

We are facing a moment in Washington. Both Republicans and Democrats have decided, in poker lingo, to go all-in on the same hand, the looming set of mandatory across-the-board cuts known as the ...

Every day that passes without a deficit-cutting deal makes it more likely that the federal government will be forced into its first "sequester" in nearly 30 years, a problem of politicians' own making ...

Have you heard about the sequester? It's coming up very soon, and it's going to be bad. Unless it isn't! No one is really sure yet, but it's definitely someone's fault for not doing something about it ...

The financial markets have all but shrugged off the hyped impact of the sequester, which was due to take effect Friday and which includes $85 billion in cuts to government spending this fiscal year.

Almost a week since the dreaded sequester went into effect, and look out your window. To quote President Obama the day after Obamacare was passed, the sun is still shining, the birds are still ...

It’s understandable that Republicans are tempted by the prospect of allowing the “sequester”—the automatic cut to defense and domestic discretionary spending agreed to as an enforcement mechanism for ...