Kick the Can: Federal workers are returning today after President Obama signed a resolution to re-open the government and raise the debt ceiling. Republicans got almost nothing out of a nuclear standoff. After 16 days of a government shutdown and …

What Xi Said: President Obama and Chinese leader Xi Jinping finished a day and a half of economic talks Saturday, which both sides described in diplomatic language as “productive”. Obama spoke to Xi about Chinese computer hacking, even while defending …