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| Has Jeb Bush shown Republicans a new way to talk about same-sex marriage? |
| Has Jeb Bush offered the Republican Party a new way to talk about same-sex marriage?Fred Sainz thinks he has.Sainz grew up two doors down from Bush in Coral Gables, Fla., and counts the former Florida governor as an early mentor who got Sainz a job working for Bush’s father in the White House. But Sainz left the GOP in 2004 after George W. Bush, Bush’s brother, railed against same-sex marriage in his reelection campaign. Read full article » |
| FBI director offers new evidence to back claim North Korea hacked Sony |
| FBI Director James B. Comey said Wednesday that the recent cyberattack against Sony Pictures was traced back to Internet addresses “exclusively used” by North Korea, as he offered new evidence intended to rebut skeptics of the bureau’s claims. Read full article » |
| Injured Reid missing Senate’s start, but his presence will be felt over next two years |
| Sen. Harry Reid, after eight years as majority leader, had to miss his first day as minority leader Tuesday as he recovers from a particularly violent exercise accident last week that left the right side of his face shattered. He also sustained three broken ribs. Read full article » |
| New Redskins GM Scot McCloughan brings new level of talent acquisition to franchise |
| Back when Scot McCloughan was an NFL scout, tasked with ferreting out football talent in a region of the country much like scent hounds track prey, what impressed his boss was the joy he took in the pursuit and the conviction he felt about the players he discovered. Read full article » |
| Snow closings and delays in the D.C. area for Thursday, Jan. 8 |
| Following is a list of weather-related closings and delays for Thursday:Schools Read full article » |
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| POLITICS |
| A record number of Americans claim to be independent. They are kidding themselves. |
| More than four in 10 Americans -- 43 percent -- say they are political independents in a new Gallup poll. That's a new record high.It's also highly misleading.What we have here isn't so much a rise in political independence as much as a rise in the desire to be labeled "independent." Indeed, almost every indicator shows that the American people are actually becoming more polarized, more electorally predictable, and less swing-y -- i.e. less independent. Read full article » |
| Pot firm lands multimillion dollar investment from fund with stakes in Facebook, Airbnb |
| The venture capital firm co-launched by billionaire PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel is making a big investment in a marijuana company, a high-profile move in a new, ballooning industry.Founders Fund—a firm with more than $2 billion in assets under management and whose investment portfolio includes Facebook, SpaceX, Airbnb, and Lyft, among other tech companies—has made a multimillion dollar investment in Privateer Holdings, a private equity firm that invests in the legal cannabis industry, the two businesses announced on Thursday. Read full article » |
| Applying for a federal job? Management may already have someone in mind. |
| Ever felt like the federal government blew off one of your job applications, or that you couldn’t find many agency openings to fit your qualifications? There may be something to that.Federal managers often predetermine who will fill vacancies or accept only inside applications, making the federal hiring process appear less fair and open than it should be, according to a recent government review. Read full article » |
| OPINIONS |
| Mitch McConnell is off to a bitter start |
| Mitch McConnell, the new Senate majority leader, has an exceedingly high opinion of his own power. In a speech on the Senate floor Wednesday morning outlining his priorities for the new Congress, the Kentucky Republican suggested that the GOP takeover of Congress — not yet 24 hours old — had already boosted the American economy. Read full article » |
| France’s tough task in reacting to the horrific attack on Charlie Hebdo |
| The slaughter by Islamic fanatics on Wednesday of nearly a dozen French journalists, several of whom I have known for decades, is a bitter, heavy price for that nation to pay for being what it is: a haven of free expression and intellectual combat; a country that has taken in the foreign-born more easily than most and worked, if imperfectly, to assimilate them; and a military power willing to fight enemies abroad in the name of universal values. Read full article » |
| EJ Dionne: The right’s wrong idea of governance |
| This will be no ordinary Congress, so there are no ordinary ways for judging how effective it will be at governing. That is, in any event, a preposterous standard to hold up as a brand-spanking-new goal. Isn’t governing what Congress was supposed to be doing all along? Imagine an everyday citizen making a New Year’s resolution promising that this year, for a change, he or she would actually show up for work. Read full article » |
| Charlie Hebdo stands solidly for free expression. The West must do no less. |
| SEVERAL PUBLISHERS in Western countries have disgraced themselves in recent years with self-censorship to avoid being targeted by Islamic militants. The French newspaper Charlie Hebdo did the opposite: Even after its offices were firebombed in 2011, and even after its editor was put on an al-Qaeda wanted list, it continued to courageously publish cartoons and articles lampooning Islam — as well as Christianity, Judaism and established religion in general. Read full article » |
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| LOCAL |
| New Religious Action Center leader aims to sharpen Reform Judaism’s stamp on policy |
| A plaque in the conference room at the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism spells out the group’s storied history: Drafted here, it says, were the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965, efforts that still define the popular image of Jews as liberal players in Washington. Read full article » |
| National Symphony Orchestra charms Central Union Mission with low brass |
| Before the show began, Peter Ellefson was changing out of his snow boots and into some more comfortable shoes by the side of the stage. Like the crowd he was getting ready to play for, he was coming in from the cold and first needed to settle in. Except, for much of his audience, this is what they do every time they come to Central Union Mission, because this is where they live. Read full article » |
| D.C. area forecast: In the deep freeze today, with a reinforcing blast of cold Saturday |
| The saving grace is the worst of the winds have departed — at least for now. Read full article » |
| SPORTS |
| Wizards 101, Knicks 91: Nene scores 20 as Washington handles lowly New York |
| The Washington Wizards’ recent Southwest swing allowed the aspiring Eastern Conference contenders to measure themselves against some of the league’s premier competition. The opponent in their first game since the conclusion of that rugged trip has been residing near or at the bottom of the NBA standings, offering the Wizards an opportunity to ease back into another demanding stretch. Read full article » |
| Maryland women’s basketball vs. Purdue: Previewing the game |
| THE INFOWhen: 6:30 p.m. Where: Xfinity Center. TV: Big Ten Network. Records: No. 12 Terps, 11-2, 2-0 Big Ten; Purdue 9-5, 2-1Coaches: Terps — Brenda Frese (13th season, 317-103). Boilermakers— Sharon Versyp (ninth season, 192-93). Read full article » |
| Basketball player levels fan who ran onto court to attack teammate |
| Sammy Mejia and E.J. Rowland played college ball at schools far apart — DePaul and St. Mary’s, respectively — but they’re both on the same team now, far from the U.S.: Turkey’s Banvit Bandirma. And on Wednesday, in a dangerous moment, Rowland made it clear that he had Mejia’s back. Read full article » |
| Maryland-Illinois postgame: Terps’ offensive woes continue in loss |
| Dez Wells took the ball near the top of the key muscled his way into the lane with about three minutes remaining in Wednesday night’s game against Illinois, his team down 11 and desperate for an offensive spark. Wells pulled up and tried to hit an off-balance 15-footer, and after he missed badly to the right, he put his hands up into the air and shook his head. 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 » |
| Stock market gains boost TSP investors |
| A year of U.S. stock market gains boosted investors in the Thrift Savings Plan, with the program’s large company stock fund posting a 13.78 percent rise for calendar year 2014.The C Fund, which tracks the S&P 500 index of large companies, rose for the sixth straight year—following a drop of nearly 37 percent in 2008 — to outgain the S Fund, which tracks the remainder of the U.S. stock market and which posted a 7.8 percent gain in 2014. The prior two years, the S Fund had outgained the C Fund. Read full article » |
| NATIONAL |
| Mental illness turned my ex-husband into someone I didn’t recognize. Still, his death left me reeling. |
| My ex-husband died recently. Mike (not his real name) was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer two weeks before he passed away.I’m sad he died so young — he was just 50 — but there’s also an emotional distance. We separated more than 12 years ago. Our friends and I watched as Mike’s severe mental illness and refusal to stay on his meds changed him from the person we all knew “before.” He lost friends and family. Only his mother and one childhood friend regularly visited. The rest of us … well, the paranoia and abusive phone calls at 2 a.m. can push away even the most dedicated friend. Read full article » |
| Which 2016 GOP contender has the most foreign policy experience? |
| Jeb Bush continues to gear up for a presidential run, which means that there will now be a greater focus on his foreign policy musings and background. Except that, as Michael Crowley noted in Politico, he doesn’t really possess very much of either: Read full article » |
| Schools aren’t teaching enough about sexism. It’s the best way to end dating violence. |
| Teenagers’ opinions about when intimate-partner violence is acceptable or not can be influenced by the way they perceive men and women and the relationships between them. Simply telling young people that violence is wrong won’t stop it happening. Schools need to teach children about gender and sexuality first in order to prevent violence becoming seen as acceptable in certain situations. Read full article » |
| WORLD |
| After Charlie Hebdo attack, U.S. Catholic group says cartoonists ‘provoked’ slaughter |
| In the aftermath of the deadly assault on the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a French satirical newspaper, much of the world has rallied in solidarity with the publication, its irreverent cartoonists and their right to free speech. Read full article » |
| Watchdog: Afghan commando camp plagued with electricity and refueling problems |
| The Defense Department has awarded $57.1 million in contracts to build and renovate a military base in Afghanistan for the country’s Special Operations troops, but the facility is still plagued with generators that do not work well, fueling points that are unused and a dining facility that is drastically overcrowded. Read full article » |
| Yemeni authorities again fail to bring American detainee to court appearance |
| Yemeni authorities failed to bring an American who has been held for nearly five years to a scheduled court appearance for the seventh successive time on Wednesday, according to his lawyers. The absence from court of Sharif Mobley, a father of three from New Jersey, only deepens the mystery surrounding his fate since he effectively disappeared in Yemen’s judicial system. Read full article » |
| What does Kim Jong Un want for his birthday? A pile of dung, apparently. |
| What do you get a young totalitarian dictator for his birthday? Well, not a frat boy comedy that revolves around an assassination plot. Kim Jong Un already has one of those with Sony Pictures’ 'The Interview'. Read full article » |
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| BUSINESS |
| Think you can’t save money? Want to bet? |
| You’ve made the promise, now what’s your plan?I’ve challenged people to jump-start their desire to become better at handling their money by joining me starting Jan. 11 for a financial fast. For those who participate, I’ve done the planning for you, as described in my book, “The 21-Day Financial Fast: Your Path to Financial Peace and Freedom.” Read full article » |
| Venezuela’s bizarre response to McDonald’s running out of french fries |
| Venezuela's leaders aren't taking the ongoing McDonald's french fry shortage in their country too well.Publicly-sponsored news outlets, government officials, and even the country's president Nicolas Maduro have all responded to McDonald's unthinkable french fry shortage, which spans all 100 outlets in the country, by publicly criticizing the chain, and its french fries. Read full article » |
| Obama announces plan that could save home buyers hundreds of dollars a year |
| The White House announced Wednesday that the Federal Housing Administration will significantly lower the fees it charges borrowers, a move designed to save individual home buyers hundreds of dollars annually and help jump-start the housing market. Read full article » |
| TECHNOLOGY |
| Firms are selling the “Internet of Things” hard at this year’s CES. But are consumers buying it? |
| If tech firms have their way, everything you use on a daily basis, from your toothbrush to your car, will one day be connected to the Internet.At this year’s International CES — the consumer tech industry’s annual Las Vegas confab -- you can’t go more than a few steps without hearing someone talking about a way to connect something new to the Internet. But as companies rush to create apps and embed chips in everything from your blankets to your shoes, it’s unclear whether consumers are as hot on the “smart everything” trend. After all, people probably don’t need an alert on their phone to tell them when their toast is ready — the bread popping out is a pretty good clue. Read full article » |
| FCC chair has all but confirmed he’ll side with Obama on net neutrality |
| President Obama's top telecom regulator just issued his strongest hints yet about a pending plan to regulate Internet providers, and judging by reports from the room, he's leaning hard toward the most aggressive proposal on the table. Read full article » |
| Companies have more data than ever. That’s risky. |
| Nearly every click you make is being watched.Online services as well as a host of third party trackers follow your virtual movements, learning about your behaviors and creating intimate profiles that can be used to fine-tune advertising. But with more and more Internet connected devices entering the market, the web of commercial data collection and surveillance surrounding consumers may get even more concerning, both for individuals and for the companies that maintain that web. Read full article » |
| Like T-Mobile, AT&T will now let you roll over your unused data |
| AT&T wireless customers who are on a Mobile Share Value plan will soon be able to roll over any unused mobile data into their next billing cycle, AT&T said Wednesday.That's potentially a big boost for some subscribers. The change takes effect Jan. 25, and it covers everybody on a Mobile Share Value plan — new and existing customers. The data will only roll over for a month, though, meaning you can't stack up your unused data from February, March and April and hope to use it all in May. Read full article » |
| LIFESTYLE |
| Maria Shriver reported on a movie about Alzheimer’s for NBC. She didn’t mention she’s one of the film’s executive producers. |
| NBC News correspondent Maria Shriver thinks that the new movie “Still Alice” is important and compelling. Indeed, the Alzheimer’s-themed film, she reported Tuesday on “NBC Nightly News,” could do for Alzheimer’s patients what the Oscar-winning “Philadelphia” did for people living with AIDS. Read full article » |
| People’s Choice Awards: Viola Davis takes dig at New York Times story, Kaley Cuoco jokes about feminism quotes |
| The People’s Choice Awards, the annual fan-voted show on CBS, exist in the kind of fantasy world where teen star Chloe Grace Moretz triumphs over Meryl Streep for Favorite Dramatic Movie Actress. That’s always fun, but the show is way more interesting when stars reference real-life incidents. Read full article » |
| Parents, let’s resolve to declutter, eat better and live better in 2015 |
| Every year, it’s the same thing for many families: We launch into January full of energy to finally clear out the kid clutter, sit down to healthful meals together and stop nagging our kids during those nightmarish school mornings. Read full article » |
| Carolyn Hax: Someday-mom’s confession: She’s not a natural ‘kid person.’ |
| Adapted from a recent online discussion. Hi Carolyn:I am getting married to a wonderful man and could not be more excited. He and I both want to have children within the next few years. The thing is, I’m not great with kids; I was even adamantly against having children until I began to change my mind a few years ago (before we started dating). I didn’t grow up around them, my friends don’t have them, and the only exposure I had was as a camp counselor. My future sister-in-law has two kids, and I get along with them pretty well, but often find I don’t know what to do or say around them. Do I need to find a way to spend more time around kids so I’m ready for my own? Read full article » |
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