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| ‘Jihadi John’ is a Kuwaiti-born Londoner named Mohammed Emwazi |
| LONDON — For months he taunted, knife in hand, his voice slightly muffled behind the mask that became the grim symbol of Islamic State barbarism. But when the identity of the killer known as “Jihadi John” was revealed Thursday, the profile that emerged was disturbingly familiar: a young man whose parents’ decision to immigrate to the West afforded him a comfortable life and an education, but who ultimately found identity and succor in extremist ideology. Read full article » |
| The FCC approves strong net neutrality rules |
| The Federal Communications Commission for the first time classified Internet providers as public utilities Thursday, a landmark vote that officials said will prevent cable and telecommunications companies from controlling what people see on the Web. Read full article » |
| Facing skepticism, Jeb Bush begins outreach to conservatives |
| PALM BEACH, Fla. — Jeb Bush acknowledged that he may not be a flashy speaker or make the loudest arguments. But the Republican presidential hopeful offered himself to his skeptical right flank Thursday night as a fellow conservative who is passionate about fixing problems and has a record of doing so. Read full article » |
| Memo to Scott Walker: Islamic State ≠ Wisconsin protesters |
| Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker said something he shouldn't have on Thursday night during his speech to the Conservative Political Action Conference. Talking about the threat posed to the United States -- and the broader global community -- by the terrorist group that calls itself the Islamic State, Walker volunteered: “If I can take on 100,000 protesters. I can do the same across the world.” Read full article » |
| Sarah Palin’s inaccurate claim about suicides of veterans of the ‘war on terror’ |
| “How many have done more than this generation in uniform? The war on terror is the longest military engagement in U.S. history. So many have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Tens of thousands wounded. More than 6,800 dead. The strain on military and their families, it is enormous….The longer someone is deployed and redeployed, the more likely they will suffer PTSD…They suffer disproportionate |
| What happened on ‘House of Cards’ last season? Here’s a reminder. |
| “House of Cards” can be addicting, but it usually doesn’t make any sense. That was my takeaway from the first couple of seasons and I’m definitely not alone in noticing the maddening, convoluted and glacially-paced political plot lines. Read full article » |
| The unlikely life of Afghanistan’s first female taxi driver |
| MAZAR-E SHARIF, AfghanistanAt first glance, the Toyota Corolla looked like any other taxi bumping along the craggy street. In the back seat, three women wore blue burqas that covered their faces and bodies. In the front passenger seat, a bearded man sat stone-faced. The radio piped out a soulful Afghan song. Read full article » |
| POLITICS |
| GOP’s 2016 hopefuls test their messages on conservative activists |
| Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, seeking to sustain his momentum in the early race for the 2016 GOP presidential nomination, made a muscular appeal Thursday to the party’s conservative base — touting his blue-collar roots and casting himself as a leader tough enough to take on the world’s biggest challenges. Read full article » |
| D.C. apologizes for lousy trash collection after snow storms |
| So, D.C., you can legalize marijuana, but can you pick up the trash?That’s the sentiment pouring out on neighborhood blogs and on social media in recent days that has forced Mayor Muriel E. Bowser’s administration to scramble and promise to pick up all uncollected trash in the city in the next 72 hours. Read full article » |
| D.C. mayor ratchets down marijuana fight with leaders in Congress |
| D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) began to ratchet down her confrontation with conservatives in Congress in her first nationally televised interview after she rebuffed warnings from House Republicans and legalized marijuana. Read full article » |
| Investigators probing for criminal activity with Lois Lerner’s missing emails |
| Federal investigators are looking for possible criminal activity in connection with the missing emails of a central figure in the Internal Revenue service’s targeting scandal.The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration testified at a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Thursday that it tracked down nearly 33,000 emails from ex-IRS official Lois Lerner. Read full article » |
| OPINIONS |
| Scott Walker and judging the faith of another |
| When Scott Walker pronounced himself agnostic about President Obama’s patriotism and Christian faith, it must have seemed like a clever formulation. “I’ve never asked him, so I don’t know,” he said. And about Obama’s Christianity: “I’ve never asked him that.” Read full article » |
| Why I won’t be attending Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech in Congress |
| Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in the midst of a heated reelection campaign. Yet he is traveling 5,900 miles to give a speech before a joint meeting of Congress on March 3 — just two weeks before Israelis go to the polls. House Speaker John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), working with Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer, a former Republican political operative who renounced his U.S. citizenship, extended the invitation in a clear effort to undermine the president while the United States and its five partners engage in tough negotiations with Iran to prevent it from obtaining nuclear weapons — a national security priority I strongly support. Read full article » |
| The fatal flaw in the Iran deal |
| A sunset clause? The news from the nuclear talks with Iran was already troubling. Iran was being granted the “right to enrich.” It would be allowed to retain and spin thousands of centrifuges. It could continue construction of the Arak plutonium reactor. Yet so thoroughly was Iran stonewalling International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors that just last Thursday the IAEA reported its concern “about the possible existence in Iran of undisclosed . . . development of a nuclear payload for a missile.” Read full article » |
| An ideological war America must watch, not fight |
| AMMAN, JordanWashington is getting enthusiastic about an ideological war these days: not between Democrats and Republicans — that’s old news — but rather between Americans and radical Islam. Many of those who spent the past several weeks insisting that we label jihadi terrorists “Islamic” now urge that we fight them on the ideological front. It’s the right arena, but such a struggle would be different from past wars of ideas and could lead to some surprising recommendations for action. Read full article » |
| LOCAL |
| Fairfax prosecutor asked state police to investigate Fairfax police shooting |
| Fairfax County’s chief prosecutor called for the Virginia State Police to investigate a Fairfax police shooting outside a church in September because he had lost confidence in the county police department’s ability to cooperate fully with him, newly released e-mails show. Read full article » |
| Knot Now: The benefits of marrying in your mid-to-late 20s ( including more sex!) |
| These days, 20something marriage has gotten a reputation for being a bad idea. That’s partly because parents, peers, and the popular culture encourage young adults to treat their twenties as a decade for exploration and getting one’s ducks in a row, not for settling down. In the immortal words of Jay-Z, “Thirty’s the new twenty.” Read full article » |
| SPORTS |
| Capitals approach an unprecedented feat of strength — and luck |
| RALEIGH, N.C. — Defenseman Matt Niskanen had always peppered interviews with thoughtful pauses, taking time to consider the question and formulate a response, but this particular silence felt longer than usual. His eyebrows arched, and his eyes wandered. He recalled past seasons, wondering whether the Washington Capitals’ current defensive situation was indeed unprecedented. Had he ever played on a blue line so healthy, so consistent, so refreshingly stable? Read full article » |
| The power of sports was nothing compared to ‘The Dress’ |
| In theory, Thursday night featured all sorts of sports action, including NBA, NHL and Top 25 college basketball games. In fact, one of those NBA games boasted an epic performance by LeBron James against the ever-exciting Warriors. Read full article » |
| TV and radio listings: February 27 |
| NBA7 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia » Comcast SportsNet Plus, WNEW (99.1 FM)8 p.m. Miami at New Orleans » ESPN10:30 p.m. Oklahoma City at Portland » ESPN, NBA TVNHL Read full article » |
| Gonzaga tops DeMatha for WCAC title |
| As the biggest game of his basketball career unfolded Thursday night, Gonzaga’s Sam Miller sat stewing on the bench, watching as his teammates traded blows with DeMatha in a thrilling marathon of a Washington Catholic Athletic Conference boys’ basketball championship. Read full article » |
| FEDERAL GOVERNMENT |
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| Key senators introduce bipartisan bill to expand powers of inspectors general |
| Three key senators on Thursday proposed bipartisan legislation to expand the authority of the official agency watchdogs and ensure that their work does not meet with interference.The measure would allow inspectors general to subpoena testimony from federal contractors, grant recipients and former employees, whereas they can only subpoena documents and records from those individuals under current law. Read full article » |
| Federal workers caught stealing gas with taxpayer money |
| Each year the General Services Administration catches federal workers swiping taxpayer-funded credit cards assigned to gas up and maintain government vehicles to fuel their personal vehicles.Since 2010, federal employees have illegally stolen $2.4 million in gas, amounting to about 260 cases of government workers across the country stealing fuel, according to an investigation by NBC4 Washington’s Scott MacFarlane. Read full article » |
| NATIONAL |
| How China is exploiting Edward Snowden… or thinks it’s exploiting Edward Snowden |
| Reuters’ Paul Carsten had an exclusive Wednesday on China’s crafty steps to shut out Western technology companies. In essence, China is using the outrage over Edward Snowden’s NSA revelations to kick out Western firms and open up a secure market for indigenous Chinese tech firms: Read full article » |
| Is Bibi Netanyahu the second coming of Richard Nixon? |
| For the past few weeks, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been on defense. His insistence on speaking in front of a joint session of Congress next week — against the wishes of the White House and despite opposition from numerous Democratic lawmakers planning to boycott the speech — has sparked criticism of him at home and abroad. Last week’s release of a report by Israel’s state comptroller alleging that Netanyahu and his wife have been living lavishly on taxpayer funds have made things even worse. And on Monday, leaked documents show that Netanyahu contradicted intelligence from Israel’s spy agency, when, in 2012, he declared at the United Nations that Iran was a year away from developing a nuclear weapon. Read full article » |
| Benjamin Netanyahu’s blinkered view of American politics |
| When I first wrote about Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to a joint session of Congress opposing a nuclear deal with Iran, I was mostly focusing on the domestic politics of President Obama’s trolling and the GOP’s counter-trolling. Read full article » |
| WORLD |
| Austria is taking controversial steps to tighten a 100-year-old ‘Law on Islam’ |
| Igniting fresh controversy, Austria's parliament has approved significant changes to the country's "Law on Islam" — a revamping of a 103-year-old law to expand certain legal protections while also placing new restrictions on Muslim organizations and how adherents practice their faith. Read full article » |
| How Netanyahu and the White House differ on Iran’s nuclear program |
| Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint session of Congress on March 3, focusing on the dangers of Iran's nuclear program, and the threat it poses his country. The planned speech is laden with controversy: the White House sees it as a deliberate attempt to undermine U.S. negotiations with Tehran; other critics believe it's a political stunt aimed to help Netanyahu at home ahead of Israeli elections later in March. Read full article » |
| Chart: The sad state of religious freedom around the world |
| More than three-quarters of the world's population lived in countries with "high" or "very high" levels of restriction on religion in 2013, according to a new Pew Research Center report titled "Latest Trends in Religious Restrictions and Hostilities." Read full article » |
| BUSINESS |
| Why IHOP and Denny’s are leading a roadside diner revival |
| America’s roadside diners, pancake houses and coffee stops have enjoyed a sweet ride in recent months. Within the past week, IHOP and Denny’s said their average restaurant’s sales last year climbed 3 percent over 2013, the biggest year-over-year jump in a decade. Denny’s emboldened investors pushed the stock for “America’s Diner” to a 17-year high this week. Read full article » |
| In Haiti, a Marriott’s opening is the latest milestone in quake recovery |
| A quarter of the country’s people live on less than $1.25 per day. About three-quarters are unemployed or subsist on their own. More than 50,000 people are still living in displacement camps, five years after their homes were destroyed. Read full article » |
| Former GSA chief lands at $2 billion real estate firm |
| After more than 20 years working in government, Dan Tangherlini is getting out.Tangherlini took over the General Services Administration, which manages real estate for the federal government, in the wake of a conference spending scandal in 2012. He announced he would leave last month and his final day was Feb. 14. Denise Turner Roth is serving as interim administrator. Read full article » |
| TECHNOLOGY |
| Here comes the Apple Watch |
| Apple sent out its media invitations for a March 9 event in San Francisco -- widely expected to be the official debut of the company's first wearable device, the Apple Watch.The company's invites always come with a cryptic one-liner, which in this case was "Spring Forward" -- a phrase that certainly suggests the watch is to be the star of the show. Read full article » |
| Twitter rolls out a few more anti-abuse measures |
| Twitter took a few more small steps in its ongoing fight to curb harassment on the site Thursday, announcing in a company blog post that it is expanding the ways it can crack down on people who use the platform to harass others. Read full article » |
| Google invests $300 million in SolarCity fund to spur residential solar projects |
| Google continues to invest in renewable energy, announcing Thursday it has invested $300 million in a $750 million SolarCity fund to finance residential solar projects.This is the company’s largest investment in renewable energy ever, and its second investment in Solar City. In 2011 it invested $280 million in the publicly-traded solar energy company. Read full article » |
| Clinton is looking for a middle ground on encryption that experts say doesn’t exist |
| Hillary Rodham Clinton avoided taking a position on how easy it should be for law enforcement to access people's encrypted e-mails and texts during an interview at a women's leadership conference in Silicon Valley on Tuesday, calling the debate a "classic hard choice." Read full article » |
| LIFESTYLE |
| How easy is it to go grow your own pot? |
| The District’s marijuana initiative offers many pitfalls for the cannabis connoisseur, with strict limits on how much you can have and where you can smoke it.But the hardest part may be growing the stuff. Read full article » |
| 9 things to do in the D.C. area on the weekend of Feb. 27-Mar. 1 |
| FRIDAY: Wolf Alice has been earning some ink in Britain and recently won best breakthrough artist at the U.K. Festival Awards. While its rough pop and tough guitars inevitably remind one of certain ’90s bands, such songs as “Fluffy” and “Blush” show that the band has the tunes and the potential to go further. Their debut album is coming soon, so check out their show at U St Music Hall before they blow up. Tickets are $15. Read full article » |
| Zendaya responds to Giuliana Rancic’s latest apology over dreadlocks diss |
| “Fashion Police” host Giuliana Rancic issued a lengthy on-camera apology for disparaging comments she made about the dreadlocked hairstyle that Disney Channel star Zendaya sported on the Oscars red carpet. Read full article » |
| Carolyn Hax: You can share love with grown child despite differences |
| Dear Carolyn:My only child is 28 and lives 1,000 miles away. Said child is self-supporting in a challenging field and professes to look up to me personally and professionally.But this child is so different from me — basically more like my spouse in temperament and approach to life. There also are other things I am struggling with: child’s admitted unbelief in God, lack of interest in other core values (e.g., civic responsibility to vote), behavior and some bad/harmful decisions that fly in the face of all I stand for. Read full article » |
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