1. House Republicans have backed down. Speaker John Boehner says there's now an agreement to accept the Senate's bipartisan two-month payroll tax cut. President Barack Obama congratulated lawmakers for ending what he calls a bipartisan stalemate. 2.
1. The White House says President Barack Obama has called House Speaker John Boehner and Senate Majority leader Harry Reid, to urge them to end the payroll tax cut standoff. Obama says he wants the House back in session to pass a two-month extension
1. Capitol Hill is in a stalemate heading into the holidays. House Republicans want Senators to return to Washington and negotiate a payroll tax cut extension after the House rejected a Senate measure. The tax goes up for workers January 1st if nothi
1. More than three dozen people have been killed in the terror attacks that were carried out across Nigeria by a radical Muslim sect. Most of the victims died on the steps of a Catholic church after celebrating Christmas Mass. 2. The Mayor of Stamfor