The Connecticut woman, Miriam Carey, who was shot and killed by police after taking them on a high-speed chase past the capitol after crashing into a barrier at the White House was suffering from postpartum depression according to her mother.
President Obama has canceled an upcoming trip to Asia because of the partial U.S. government shutdown, which entered its fourth day on Friday.
President Barack Obama is demanding that Republican House Speaker John Boehner "stop this farce" and allow a vote on a spending bill to reopen the U.S. government.
CAPITOL HILL — The White House has announced that the top four Republican and Democratic congressional leaders are going to the White House late Wednesday afternoon to meet with President Barack Obama to try to resolve a political stalemate that has shut down large parts of the U.S. government.