Speaker Boehner's office confirms ongoing discussions with the White House, but declines to give details. Read More

President Obama is headed back out on the road.

The President will travel to Michigan today, where he'll tour a Daimler diesel plant and then make remarks… Read More

Our colleagues at Telemundo have confirmed Jenni Rivera's death - the top trend on Google this hour. Read More

We're starting to think Google Trends are a little out of date this week... Read More

#job keeps carrying the Trends on Twitter. Read More

Recently, we started recalling the parallels between this would-be deal and the one attempted not very long ago, involving the same players and many related issues. Read More

Fairly consistent trending on Twitter for #job - much more so than other recent popular hashtags. Read More

Did Grover Norquist just give House Republicans a little more room to maneuver in negotiations over the fiscal cliff? Or is he just trying to stay relevant as the GOP runs away from his pledge? Read More

Notably, the Republican plan doesn't bring in new taxes by increasing tax rates. Instead, it would come from "pro-growth tax reform that closes special-interest loopholes and deductions while lowering rates." Read More

Twitter, trending on Twitter Read More

Andrew W.K. appeared on Monday's Now with Alex Wagner to talk about why the State Department cancelled his trip to give a motivational speech in Bahrain. Read More

So, were Geithner and Boehner's appearances this Sunday an act of theater, or is this cliffhanger for real? Read More

A big Sunday for NFL football - still dominating Google search trends this morning. Read More

The White House got specific. The GOP balked. Read More

#FollowFriday @NowWithAlex - we won't disappoint! Read More

If he can't have Susan Rice, is the Massachusetts senator a viable option? Read More

So far, according to the accounts of four Senators with whom she met, the meetings did not go well. Read More

Again, if you missed it (and weren't up for some reason watching the drawing), the winning Powerball numbers are: 5 - 16 - 22 - 23 - 29, Powerball: 6. Good luck, even if you didn't hit the jackpot from the tickets purchased in AZ and MO! Read More

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wa, said Wednesday that going over the fiscal cliff is a better option that extending the Bush tax cut for high earners. Read More

The Senate has voted to reject cabinet nominees less than 2% of the time -- but the GOP coalition against Ambassador Susan Rice is growing. Read More