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Borrowing by the federal government has become so rampant the debt ceiling must be raised if Washington is going to pay the bills, especially if tax increases are off the table. How are our local repressentatives bearing under the pressure?

A Department of Energy panel concludes the public needs more information about hydraulic fracturing to restore faith in "fracking." The controversial practice has launched gas booms across the country, but critics say it is polluting ground water.

Ted Cruz is the Tea Party Republican who won Tuesday's primary run-off for a Texas Senate seat.

National City and the Environmental Health Coalition are expected to receive a $1.3 million grant from the federal Environmental Protection Agency Tuesday.

There was a time when a kid played soccer on whatever youth team he or she was assigned to, and then went on to play on the local high school team. But times have changed, and now parents want their teenagers on time-consuming and expensive club sports. The goal? College athletic scholarships.

Inaugural events are sprinkled over three days, with the most important one actually taking place out of the public eye on Sunday. That's when the official oath of office will be administered at the White House, on the date and time (noon on Jan. 20) specified by the Constitution. But because the 20th falls on a Sunday this year, the public festivities, including another oath taking, all happen Monday.

The United Auto Workers brokered a deal between casino employees at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Connecticut and the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe. This was the first union contract to be negotiated under tribal law without reference to federal labor laws.

States in this country are becoming like an unhappy couple. They've always had their differences, but their arguments have gotten so chronic that they're hardly talking to each other.

Airs Tuesday, June 26, 2012 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords speaks publicly through Facebook about the shooting and other issues.