Former NBA star Dennis Rodman, whose fame stemmed as much from his on-court talent as it did from his perpetually bizarre antics, said on Sunday that North Korean leader Kim Jung Un is a good guy, albeit a misunderstood one.
Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Saturday disparaged President Obama's flurry of recent national security picks, saying in a speech to the Wyoming GOP that Obama had selected subpar people to important federal positions.
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) pushed back against the assertion that deep spending cuts are necessary to pare down the federal deficit and avoid the looming sequestration, saying on Fox News Sunday that such a policy would harm job growth and ultimatley expand the deficit.
After a frantic day of last-ditch debate, the House of Representatives on Tuesday night passed a bill—approved by the Senate less than 24 hours prior— to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff, finally putting an end to the deficit wrangling that had gridlocked Congress for much of the past year.
