Filibuster: Senator Ted Cruz (R-Tex.) has continued a marathon speech modeled on an old-fashioned filibuster attacking President Obama's health care law, likely complicating House GOP efforts to pass a funding bill that would avert a government shutdown next week, The Washington Post reports.
Settlement Talks: The hedge fund SAC Capital Advisors and federal prosecutors have begun talks to settle criminal insider trading charges against the firm, The New York Times reports. The government is seeking a guilty plea from SAC and a financial penalty of as much as $2 billion, sources said.
Looking Backwards: Three advocacy groups and two parents who accidentally backed over their children are asking a court to force the U.S. Transportation Department to issue a long-delayed rule requiring rear-view cameras in new cars, Bloomberg reports.
Insecure: Federal prosecutors have documented at least 350 instances of faulty background investigations done by private contractors and special agents for the U.S. Office of Personnel Management in recent years, illustrating what some lawmakers call systemic weaknesses in the granting of federal security clearances, Reuters reports.
Seeking Dismissal: The Justice Department is seeking dismissal of a lawsuit by Jill Kelley, the Tampa, Florida, socialite whose complaints about threatening and anonymous e-mails set off a chain of events resulting in the resignation of CIA director David Petraeus, CNN reports.
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