Thursday's Daily Brief: Boehner To Ask House GOP For Short-Term Debt Ceiling Increase

Thursday's Daily Brief: Boehner To Ask House GOP For Short-Term Debt Ceiling Increase

HUFFPOST DAILY BRIEF Arianna Huffington: Liebe Grüße From Munich: HuffPost Goes to Germany Greetings from Germany! I'm in Munich for the launch of The Huffington Post Deutschland. We are delighted to be partnering with Hubert Burda Media's Tomorrow Focus, one of Germany's fastest-growing digital media companies. HuffPost Deutschland -- which will be led by our editorial director Cherno Jobatey and editor-in-chief Sebastian Matthes -- will be both a journalistic outlet and a blogging platform for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. We will be relentlessly covering politics and news at a very fascinating moment in German history, as well as putting a spotlight on how Germans of all generations are dealing with the Third Metric, which is what we call redefining success beyond the first two metrics of money and power to include well-being, wisdom, wonder, compassion and giving. After all, Germans came up with the fabulous concept of Gemütlichkeit, which captures a state of coziness, intimacy and an unhurried tempo that we so desperately need in modern life. John Boehner To Ask House GOP For Short-Term Debt Ceiling Increase Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski Reportedly Eyeing 'Weekend Today': New York Post Sen. Jay Rockefeller: Impact of Failure to Raise the Nation's Debt Limit If my colleagues won't listen to my arguments for why we must not delay and vote to raise the debt ceiling, I do hope they listen to President Reagan. Continue reading Jenny Dewey Rohrich: 10 Ways Marrying a Farmer Will Change Your Life There is no denying the fact that our relationship is an adventure. Being married is a feat in and of itself -- being married to a farmer adds a whole other layer. Continue reading Nobel Prize In Literature 2013: Canadian Author Alice Munro Honored With Prize Continue reading Obama Administration Has Gone To Unprecedented Lengths To Thwart Journalists, Report Finds Continue reading Why Sugar Is Just As Bad For Your Skin As It Is For Your Waistline Continue reading Janet Tavakoli: President Obama Might Ask Who Benefits From U.S. Debt Default Most of the financial press has focused on how awful a technical default would be, and who is upset. But our leaders might ask a different question. Who are the reprobates that are cheering for the possibility of a technical default on the U.S.? Who stands to gain? Continue reading Nicolas Berggruen: After Years of Austerity, It's Time for Germany to Push Growth in Europe Though the combined votes of the SPD, the Greens and the Left were greater than the votes for the CDU and its allies in the recent election, Angela Merkel for all intents and purposes has been given a mandate to continue her European policy that prioritizes austerity. Continue reading Received this from a friend? Sign Up for alerts from The Huffington Post Forward  •  Unsubscribe Huffington Post, 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003