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| Romney to GOP donors: ‘I want to be president.’ |
| Mitt Romney forcefully declared his interest in a third presidential run to a room full of powerful Republican donors Friday, disrupting the fluid 2016 GOP field as would-be rival Jeb Bush was moving swiftly to consolidate establishment support. Read full article » |
| Prosecutors weigh charges against David Petraeus involving classified information |
| Federal prosecutors have recommended that David H. Petraeus face charges for providing classified documents to his biographer, raising the prospect of criminal proceedings against the retired four-star general and former CIA director. Read full article » |
| A sober Snowden deems life in Russia ‘great’ |
| MOSCOW — Edward Snowden would like everyone — especially his critics — to know that he is happy with life in Russia. Happy, and also sober.“They talk about Russia like it’s the worst place on earth. Russia's great,” the former NSA contractor told journalist James Bamford during an interview in Moscow for the PBS program "NOVA," which released a transcript of the conversation Thursday. Read full article » |
| Bryce Harper and Kayla Varner’s January wedding didn’t happen |
| There was no fairy-tale wedding last weekend for Nats slugger Bryce Harper and Ohio State soccer player Kayla Varner — because there was no wedding at all, multiple sources confirmed.It was unclear if the nuptials, scheduled for January 2 and 3 (one ceremony was to take place at a Mormon temple), were merely postponed or canceled altogether. Multiple attempts to reach both parties were unsuccessful. Read full article » |
| Why the red carpet is bad for fashion |
| The red carpet — that staple of award shows — is bad for fashion. This wasn’t always so, but now it is.The benefits celebrities reap from the season of step-and-repeat, which begins in earnest with Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards, are significant, whether it is a boost to a level of acclaim that their résumé does not support or a steady stream of attention while they await their next role. What do designers get? The opportunity to create a pretty — but safe — formal gown that briefly amuses the eye but does little to move the fashion needle. Read full article » |
| Why scientists guessed wrong on this year’s flu vaccine, and why it could happen again |
| In early March, Robert Daum and other infectious-disease experts from around the country will gather in a Silver Spring, Md., hotel to choose the influenza strains that vaccine makers should target for next year’s flu season. Read full article » |
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| POLITICS |
| Boxer’s retirement opens a generation of pent-up ambition in California |
| SACRAMENTO -- Thursday was Sen. Barbara Boxer's (D-Calif.) day in the sun. Politicians from around California lauded the four-term Democrat, who announced her retirement in a video posted to her Web site early in the morning. Read full article » |
| Will Obama’s vetoes hold up? Signs are good for him so far. |
| "C'mon!"That was House Speaker John A. Boehner's reaction this week to President Obama issuing three veto threats in the earliest days of the 114th Congress. In doing so, Obama sent a blunt early message to Republicans, who now control Congress: I will fight your agenda. Hard. Given the Ohio Republican's outrage, that message was clearly received. Read full article » |
| VA secretary tells student veterans: ‘Come join us’ |
| Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald on Friday encouraged student veterans to join his agency as it tries to improve customer service and recover from the biggest scandal in its history.“If you want to be a part of the VA when you get out of school, come talk to us,” he told a packed house of 1,200 attendees at the three-day Student Veterans of America conference in San Antonio. He then gave out his e-mail. Read full article » |
| California Gov. Brown’s budget holds back on social spending, angering some on the left |
| SACRAMENTO — California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) on Friday proposed a massive $113 billion state budget that boosts education spending and state savings while leaving some social programs funded below pre-recession levels, earning the ire of liberal activists that could set up a showdown with Democrats in the state legislature. Read full article » |
| OPINIONS |
| Steve Scalise episode shows how far we’ve come |
| I like a feeding frenzy as much as the next shark. But I can’t get a taste for Rep. Steve Scalise’s blood. The Louisiana Republican, newly elected No. 3 in House leadership, was recently discovered to have spoken to a group of white supremacists. Democrats see his offense as a scandal to be exploited. In a typical press release this week, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee trumpeted “the bombshell news” that a House Republican leader “chose to speak at a white supremacist rally organized by former KKK Grand Wizard David Duke.” Read full article » |
| He was abused by a female teacher, but he was treated like the perpetrator |
| Cameron Clarkson was a 16-year-old football player when he suddenly landed in the middle of a sex crime investigation at his St. Paul, Minn., high school. Lawyers grilled him on the details of his sexual history. School officials, in a statement to the press, cited him for not invoking the school’s sexual harassment policy and said he “bragged to fellow students about what had happened.” His car was vandalized with red-dyed tampons and smeared with peanut butter, to which he is fatally allergic, by an unknown assailant. The shape of a penis was burned into his front lawn with bleach. Read full article » |
| The biggest threat to French free speech isn’t terrorism. It’s the government. |
| Within an hour of the massacre at the headquarters of the Charlie Hebdo newspaper, thousands of Parisians spontaneously gathered at the Place de la Republique. Rallying beneath the monumental statues representing Liberty, Equality and Fraternity, they chanted “Je suis Charlie” (“I am Charlie”) and “Charlie! Liberty!” It was a rare moment of French unity that was touching and genuine. Read full article » |
| After France’s terrorist attacks, its leaders face complex challenges in moving forward |
| ANOTHER BLOODY day in France ended Friday with three terrorists killed in two separate shootouts — along with at least four more victims of their murderous jihadism. It wasn’t clear if these deaths marked the end of the offensive by an extremist cell that began Wednesday with the assault on the satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. But already the country has been deeply shaken by a demonstration of its vulnerability to homegrown militants radicalized by the wars of the Middle East. Read full article » |
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| LOCAL |
| Muriel Bowser: ‘You have a mayor who hates guns’ |
| Muriel E. Bowser’s first week as mayor has not gone quite as smoothly as planned.On Tuesday, she handled her first snowfall to mixed reviews, and on Thursday evening, she learned that one of the few concrete goals she laid out in her inaugural speech — winning the right to host the 2024 Olympics — would not come to pass. Read full article » |
| D.C. area forecast: Back into the deep freeze today; freezing rain possible Monday morning |
| WEATHER GANG | Yes, there will be sunshine at times, but wind chills will stay in the single digits and teens. Read full article » |
| Local digest: A roundup of D.C.-area news briefs |
| THE DISTRICTGuilty plea in attack on transgender teenA Greenbelt man pleaded guilty Friday in D.C. Superior Court to stabbing a 15-year-old transgender girl on a Metro train in July.Reginald Klaiber, 25, was charged with assault with a deadly weapon in the July 30 attack. Because a hate-crime enhancement was added to the charge, he faces up to 15 years in prison. Read full article » |
| One on One: Rev. Maurice Watson, the new pastor of Metropolitan Baptist Church |
| The Rev. Maurice Watson is the sixth pastor of Metropolitan Baptist Church, a 150-year-old congregation in the District that for decades has welcomed presidents, other politicians and iconic figures in the African American community. Read full article » |
| SPORTS |
| The Redskins have a new GM. Vinny Cerrato marked the occasion by telling ridiculous stories |
| Every time I write anything about Vinny Cerrato, Redskins fans protest. “We don’t care about Vinny Cerrato,” they tell me. “This is insane. Why are you doing this? Don’t mention his name again. We’ve suffered enough. Please don’t hurt us anymore. Ow, my spleen. I can’t feel my limbs. What’s happening to me? Why are you showing me the Queen of Diamonds?” And so on and so forth. Read full article » |
| Kevin Seraphin wears ‘Je Suis Charlie’ T-shirt in warmups |
| Kevin Seraphin texted his mother Friday morning just to make sure everything was fine back home. Usually such a message isn’t necessary, but the Washington Wizards center’s parents live about 25 minutes from where 12 people were killed Wednesday in a terrorist attack in Paris. Read full article » |
| Former Wizard Trevor Booker hits a wild and crazy shot for Jazz |
| There are crazy shots in basketball. We’ve seen them in March Madness highlights. We witness them in the NBA playoffs. And of course there’s several that dot the regular seasons in both the college and pro ranks. Read full article » |
| WCAC boys’ basketball: No. 13 McNamara beats No. 10 Paul VI, 71-60 |
| McNamara held a lead against No. 10 Paul VI for much of Friday’s Washington Catholic Athletic Conference clash, but the upstart Mustangs found themselves scrapping to fend off a furious late rally from the defending conference champion Panthers. Read full article » |
| FEDERAL GOVERNMENT |
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| Postmaster general hits unions on his way out |
| Like many other working-class people in Pittsburgh, Pat Donahoe could have ended up toiling in the steel mills that once thrived in the city. Instead, he listened to his Uncle Bob, who rousted the young Donahoe from bed to take a post-office employment test. Read full article » |
| Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz to lead federal watchdog panel |
| Justice Department watchdog Michael Horowitz this month became the second chairman of the panel that guides and oversees the work of federal inspectors general.The 72-member Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency elected Horowitz as its head in a closed-door vote last month, choosing him over Small Business Administration Inspector General Peggy Gustafson. Read full article » |
| NATIONAL |
| The Middle East is full of ancient, mysterious religious sects. The Islamic State is wiping them out. |
| When I met Mirza, a Yazidi nursing a leg he broke trying to rescue his people from the brutal Islamic State, I was fascinated by his religion. The Yazidis believe that nothing is outside the mercy of God. Even Lucifer, they think, has been redeemed and restored to favor; his tears of repentance extinguished the fires of Hell forever. Read full article » |
| Islam preaches tolerance of critics, no matter what the Charlie Hebdo attackers believed |
| From the fatwa on author Salman Rushdie to the attack on the offices of French weekly Charlie Hebdo, the phenomenon of anti-blasphemy actions remains prominent in the Muslim world.At first glance, the problem appears to be quite simple. For many years, there has been much talk about the conflicts between blasphemy and free speech within Islam. Some go further and argue about the “intrinsic hostility between two civilizations: Islam and Europe,” as the philosopher Talal Asad puts it. Read full article » |
| House Republicans are about to pass a really bad idea to “fix” Obamacare |
| If I could ask the new Congress to be guided by one principle, it would be this: Do no harm. And yet, in one of their first votes of the year, the House of Representatives will likely pass a bill Thursday that violates that simple request. Read full article » |
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| BUSINESS |
| The economy’s broken record: Lots of jobs, but no raises |
| If you ever figured out what partying like it's 1999 means, go ahead and do that now. Because after the economy added 252,000 jobs in December and 50,000 more in revisions to previous months, 2014 was the best calendar year for job growth since then. Read full article » |
| Deciphering financial markets in the short term is a losing game |
| One of the underlying principles of much of the daily news coverage of financial markets is that every effect must have a clear and rational cause. The yield on U.S. Treasury securities is plummeting — the all-wise, all-knowing bond market is giving us a message about deflation that lies ahead. U.S. stocks are tanking — investors are selling to protect themselves against difficult times the market sees ahead. Read full article » |
| The likelihood of getting a raise in 2015 |
| The good news in Friday morning's jobs report is that the United States added 252,000 jobs in December, sinking the unemployment rate to 5.6 percent, the lowest it's been since mid-2008.The bad news? Growth in wages is still sluggish. In fact, according to the report, December's average hourly wage actually fell by five cents, to $24.57. Read full article » |
| TECHNOLOGY |
| Q&A: will.i.am on why wearables are so ugly, and why Hollywood and Silicon Valley don’t get along |
| Musician will.i.am was on hand at International CES, the tech industry's largest convention, to talk up his new wearable device, the Puls. Puls is a standalone wearable that lets you send e-mail, text messages and social media updates as well as make phone calls -- all without having to pair it with a smartphone thanks to a partnership with AT&T. The gadget runs a custom Android-based operating system called AneedA, which is also the name of its voice assistant software. The device pulled a lot of criticism when first announced in the fall, but will.i.am's company, i.am.plus, showed up at this week's show with a much more polished version. Right now the gadget is in a sort of beta mode, and those interested can apply to purchase it online for $399. Read full article » |
| The Weekly Itch, Vol. II |
| The Itch is back! Welcome to my weekly roundup of innovation, tech, creativity and humor.Cool tech of the week Out: Selfie sticks. In: Nixie. Read full article » |
| A secret message of support for Charlie Hebdo built into French Web sites |
| The French non-profit that operates French top-level domains, like .fr, has inserted a secret message of support for Charlie Hebdo, a newspaper attacked by terrorists, in the data used to identify the Web sites it helped register. Read full article » |
| Trivia Crack, an app to quiz yourself and show off your smarts |
| triviacrackQuiz yourself and show off your smartsAre you a trivia buff? Do you live to prove your knowledge of the little things? Then it may be time for you to try Trivia Crack.Like the classic game Trivial Pursuit, the app challenges players with questions in a variety of subjects such as sports, science and history. The app lets you play with friends or strangers. Read full article » |
| LIFESTYLE |
| 2015 Golden Globes predictions: Who will win, who should win, who could surprise us |
| Hollywood’s favorite televised boozy night is on Sunday, as the Hollywood Foreign Press Association picks their best of the year — and more importantly, gives us our best early hint at how the Oscars might play out. Read full article » |
| Comedian Giulia Rozzi on being a bad bride and the hilarious silver linings to disaster |
| “My sense of humor is a mix of 7-year-old child and 70-year-old dad,” Giulia Rozzi, a Brooklyn-based comedian who is performing Saturday at the Black Cat, tweeted the day before we spoke. That roughly translates into self-reflective and self-deprecating bits about getting married too soon (and then promptly getting divorced), the absurdity of face tattoos, frequently poking fun at her parents. With, of course, some jokes about bodily fluids tossed in. Read full article » |
| Liam Neeson, a beloved action star who can pack an emotional punch |
| Casting Liam Neeson in last year’s “The Lego Movie” was a brilliant move. The star voiced a schizoid cartoon character known as Bad Cop/Good Cop, a plastic action figure whose head swivels 180 degrees. On one side: a volatile, gruff-voiced interrogator in mirrored shades; on the other, a sensitive bookish type with a soft voice. Read full article » |
| Carolyn Hax: In the face of turmoil, it is best to keep yourself steady |
| Adapted from a recent online discussion. Hi, Carolyn:In a couple hours, I’m heading out for a very stressful weekend. I’d love any words of wisdom. Here’s the short version: weekend with immediate and extended family 1,000 miles from home (i.e., far away from support system). Coming together due to a recent and unexpected death in the family. Several extended family members don’t want me there — they think it should be just one generation — however, I’m going to support my parent. Read full article » |
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