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 ...

Image #: 21414789 Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-OH) leaves after speaking about sequestration at a press conference on Capitol Hill on February 28, 2013 in Washington, D.C. If Congress fails to ...

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 ...

Standing in front of dozens of uniformed first responders, President Obama on Tuesday warned Congress that “hundreds of thousands of people will lose their jobs if a March 1 sequester is allowed to ...

Sequestration is threatening our national security both abroad and at home. Across the country, Americans continue to hear about the ongoing threats to our national security. While we place our trust ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans and Democrats are sounding the alarm: The budget sequester is coming and we have to do everything to stop it. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says it will be devastating ...

An unwelcome sequel is scheduled for January release and it’s titled Sequester: Part 2. It is increasingly likely that this second round of indiscriminate cuts will reprise the first sequester, with ...

The emerging deal would allow congressional Republicans to enact savage cuts to federal spending without having to ever specify them. There’s a certain type of newbie to politics who doesn’t get ...

The White House needs you to panic over the sequester. It released detailed reports on how the automatic spending cuts hitting Friday will impact each of the 50 states Sunday night. And Monday ...

The term sequester is derived from the Latin sequestrare, meaning “to hand over to a trustee” or “to set aside.” It is also related to the term sequester, which is a person who is entrusted with ...