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Well, America, we made it — for the moment at least. The government did not shut down last week. But we all known that even bigger fights are looming for us as we look ahead to the debate over raising the debt ceiling and the shape of the 2012 budget. …

The debate over this year’s budget is over. Next up: an even more contentious battle over raising the debt ceiling.For this fight, President Barack Obama’s strategy is three-fold. First, warn of catastrophic consequences if the debt ceiling isn’t raised by early July when the Treasury Department runs out of fiscal …

Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez is moving to consolidate his hold on Honduras, after orchestrating the return last Saturday of his puppet, Manuel Zelaya. Officials in Chávez’s inner circle are wondering how their cash-strapped government can finance yet another “revolutionary” government in Central America. What they fail to realize is that …