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In this Oct. 1, 2013, photo, The Ohio Clock outside the Senate Chamber on Capitol Hill shows the time of 12:01 a.m., in Washington. Having failed to persuade their traditional Republican allies in Congress to avert a government shutdown, business leaders fear bigger problems ahead, and theyâre taking sides with a Democratic president whose health care and regulatory agenda they have vigorously opposed. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Shutdown gives Obama unlikely ally: big business

CHARLES BABINGTONJIM KUHNHENN · October 2, 2013 6:02 pm

Chinese activist Chen Guangcheng talks with colleagues before speaking at the National Press Club in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. Guangcheng says he has new affiliations with Lantos Foundation for Human Rights and Justice, the Catholic University of America and the William E. and Carol G. Simon Center on Religion and Constitution of the Witherspoon Institute after leaving New York University under disputed circumstances. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Chinese dissident has 3 new academic ties in US

Matthew Pennington · October 2, 2013 5:53 pm

Reid presses for budget talks after shutdown’s end

Reid presses for budget talks after shutdown’s end

Andrew Taylor · October 2, 2013 5:26 pm

NSA: Agency tested tracking US cellphone locations

NSA: Agency tested tracking US cellphone locations

Kimberly Dozier · October 2, 2013 4:36 pm

FILE - In this Sept. 7, 2013, file photo, from left, Navy's Marcus Thomas (26), Evan Palelei (58) and Wave Ryder (8) head onto the field at the start of an NCAA college football game against Indiana in Bloomington, Ind. The Defense Department said Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, that it has temporarily suspended all sports competitions at the service academies as a result of the partial government shutdown. The decision jeopardizes this weekend's football games , Air Force at Navy and Army at Boston College. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler, File)

Government shutdown puts service academy sports on hold

Howard Fendrich · October 2, 2013 3:47 pm

In this Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013, photo, registered nurse Salanda Bowman, left, talks with part-time Kentucky Wesleyan College student, Jason Ward, of Whitesville, about job openings at the Owensboro Health Regional Hospital during a Regional Career and Job Fair in the Owensboro Sports Center in Owensboro, Ky. Payroll processor ADP reports on job growth for September on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013. (AP Photo/The Messenger-Inquirer, Gary Emord-Netzley)

US companies add 166,000 jobs in September

Christopher Rugaber · October 2, 2013 3:37 pm

NSA: Social network searches, but no dossiers

National Security

NSA: Social network searches, but no dossiers

Stephen Braun · October 2, 2013 3:33 pm

AP Source: Obama invites congressional leaders to White House Wednesday for shutdown meeting

AP Source: Obama invites congressional leaders to White House Wednesday for shutdown meeting

Washington Examiner · October 2, 2013 3:21 pm

In this Sept. 28, 2013, photo, Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, arrives for a closed-door meeting with fellow Republicans as the House of Representatives works into the night to pass a bill to fund the government, at the Capitol in Washington. The Republican Partyâs two Kings in Congress both voted against GOP leadersâ latest effort to prevent President Barack Obamaâs health care overhaul from becoming entrenched, but for opposite reasons. New York congressman Peter King says it was a mistake to link curbing âObamacareâ with averting a government shutdown. Iowa congressman King characterizes Boehnerâs measure to delay making millions of people buy health insurance for year as a retreat from defunding the new health care law entirely. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

House’s 2 Kings personify GOP split

Laurie Kellman · October 2, 2013 12:25 pm

In this Spet. 30, 2013, photo, Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., walks towards the House Chamber on Capitol Hill, in Washington. The Republican Partyâs two Kings in Congress both voted against GOP leadersâ latest effort to prevent President Barack Obamaâs health care overhaul from becoming entrenched, but for opposite reasons. Peter King says it was a mistake to link curbing âObamacareâ with averting a government shutdown. Iowa congressman Steve King characterizes Boehnerâs measure to delay making millions of people buy health insurance for year as a retreat from defunding the new health care law entirely. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Peter King says Ted Cruz conservatives want to ‘hijack’ GOP

Washington Examiner · October 2, 2013 12:11 pm

Obama shortens Asia trip, cancels stops in Malaysia, Philippines due to government shutdown

Obama shortens Asia trip, cancels stops in Malaysia, Philippines due to government shutdown

Washington Examiner · October 2, 2013 9:54 am

US: 3 Venezuelan diplomats being expelled

US: 3 Venezuelan diplomats being expelled

Washington Examiner · October 2, 2013 3:28 am