Lenders will be unable or unwilling to offer mortgages because the IRS, Social Security and other agencies do not have workers to verify income and other data.
There is no end in sight to the stalemate as the parties dig in, with an eye to the strategic implications for the future.
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Experts question whether police should have shot at a moving vehicle with an unarmed driver and a toddler in the back seat.
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Witnesses say he doused himself in gasoline and set himself aflame, sustaining critical injuries.
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The agency has worked for years to unmask users on one the world’s leading Internet privacy tools.
Obama should hear the GOP out, because a deal could be in the country’s interest.
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