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| With marijuana legalization, green rush is on in D.C. |
| As Thursday dawns on the nation’s capital, marijuana will be a legal intoxicant, though Washington will not be Amsterdam, or even Denver. There will be no pot shops, no open-air smoking, but at least for the moment, the District — for once in its decades-long struggle for the right to govern itself — has gotten its way, and a green rush is on. Read full article » |
| Foreign governments gave millions to foundation while Clinton was at State Dept. |
| The Clinton Foundation accepted millions of dollars from seven foreign governments during Hillary Rodham Clinton’s tenure as secretary of state, including one donation that violated its ethics agreement with the Obama administration, foundation officials disclosed Wednesday. Read full article » |
| New tensions erupt between the White House and Netanyahu |
| Tensions between the White House and Benjamin Netanyahu escalated Wednesday as top administration officials condemned the Israeli prime minister’s plan to address Congress next week and Netanyahu accused six world powers, including the United States, of “giving up on their commitment” to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. Read full article » |
| With clock ticking, Republicans feud over DHS funding, immigration action |
| Congressional Republicans have been plagued in recent years by a fractious and politically harmful family feud. Wednesday provided fresh evidence that the party’s sweeping November midterm wins have done little to alter that dynamic. Read full article » |
| Trump says he is serious about 2016 bid, is hiring staff and delaying TV gig |
| This time, Donald J. Trump says, he really means it.The billionaire real-estate mogul, who has long amounted to a one-man sideshow in GOP presidential politics, said in an interview Wednesday that he is “more serious” than ever about pursuing a run for the White House in 2016. Read full article » |
| How a book club is helping to keep ex-offenders from going back to jail |
| Robert Barksdale steps in front of the students in an English class at Eastern High School, searching for some semblance of redemption.“For me, school is a treat because I never got to be in school, for real,” he begins. He always envisioned visiting a school to speak to students but was beginning to realize the pressures of standing in front of the classroom. He scans the room and says: “Y’all are a little intimidating.” Read full article » |
| Meet the fast-charging, affordable ‘future’ car that Elon Musk hates |
| Toyota this week officially rolled out what it's betting will mark "a turning point" in automotive history — a sleek, affordable, eco-friendly "future" car that can drive for 300 miles, takes less than five minutes to refuel and comes with three years of free gas. Read full article » |
| Why, to many critics, Mother Teresa is still no saint |
| Mother Teresa, the Roman Catholic missionary who became an international icon for her charitable work, has been dropped into modern India's religious debate after the head of the Hindu nationalist group Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) criticized the intentions behind her work. Read full article » |
| New Palestinian city has condos, a mall and a sports club — but no water |
| RAWABI, West Bank — The billion-dollar, five-year gamble to build a new middle-class Palestinian city on a West Bank mountaintop was just about to welcome its first residents when the Israeli government decided this month to withhold a basic necessity: running water. Read full article » |
| Weather-related delays and closings for Feb. 26 |
| The following is a list of weather-related closings and delays for Thursday: Read full article » |
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| POLITICS |
| New format adds twist to CPAC expectations for GOP hopefuls |
| The annual gathering known as CPAC (Conservative Political Action Conference) is a ritual of the political calendar, a multi-day speechathon, a forum for budding presidential candidates and a winter carnival all rolled into one. Read full article » |
| Pot became legal in D.C. today. Does anything change for federal workers? |
| Marijuana became legal in the District of Columbia this morning, but many rules remain unchanged for the roughly half million U.S. government employees and military personnel who live in the area.As of 12:01 a.m., local authorities have allowed anyone 21 and older to possess up to 2 ounces of pot, although the drug is still prohibited on federally administered properties such as the National Mall, Rock Creek Park and even public housing. Read full article » |
| Did Rand Paul really ‘return’ money to the Treasury? |
| “Today we are going to unveil that we are returning $500,000 to the Treasury. We invited several representatives of taxpayers from around the state to receive this check. This is a check for $500,000, or representative of $500,000, that we are returning from our office budget to the Treasury.” Read full article » |
| OPINIONS |
| John Boehner, waiting for the punch |
| John Boehner looked as if he were a spectator at his own hanging — and in a sense he is. He can defy conservatives by abandoning their fight to undo President Obama’s immigration actions and perhaps lose his speakership in the process. Or he can stand with the conservatives and be blamed for shutting down the Department of Homeland Security. Read full article » |
| The Trans-Pacific Partnership clause everyone should oppose |
| The United States is in the final stages of negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a massive free-trade agreement with Mexico, Canada, Japan, Singapore and seven other countries. Who will benefit from the TPP? American workers? Consumers? Small businesses? Taxpayers? Or the biggest multinational corporations in the world? Read full article » |
| From Nicaragua to the Arab Spring, sowing seeds of a counterrevolution |
| This week marks the 25th anniversary of the free election in which the Nicaraguan people ousted the Marxist Sandinistas from power after 12 long years of revolution, war and poverty. It was part of a global democratic revolution, the dramatic high point of which came with the fall of the Berlin Wall in November 1989. Read full article » |
| Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner is out to emancipate the Land of Lincoln |
| CHICAGOThe most portentous election of 2014, which gave the worst-governed state its first Republican governor in 12 years, has initiated this century’s most intriguing political experiment. Illinois has favored Democratic presidential candidates by an average of 16 points in the past six elections. But by electing businessman Bruce Rauner it initiated a process that might dismantle a form of governance that afflicts many states and municipalities. Read full article » |
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| LOCAL |
| Va. court ruling on business taxes could mean big loss of tax revenue |
| Local governments in Northern Virginia are bracing for millions of dollars in potential tax refunds to businesses after a Virginia Supreme Court ruling on how out-of-state receipts may be deducted from a company’s taxable income. Read full article » |
| Six surprising sources of stress — and how to do away with them |
| You do yoga five days a week, meditate and even splurge on a monthly massage. So why are you still feeling so agitated all the time? Getting to the bottom of the sources of stress in your life won’t just put a smile on your face. It can also improve the function of your body and mind. Living in a constant state of tension can put you at risk for chronic pain, fertility issues, even heart disease and Type 2 diabetes. Read on for six surprising ways stress can sneak up on you. Eliminate them now so you can get back to your ohm. Read full article » |
| Deer struck by Metro train, delays on Blue and Yellow lines |
| Updated at 6:33 a.m.Metro said the problem with a deer that was struck by a train at the Van Dorn Street stop is now causing residual delays on the Blue and Yellow lines. The delays are in the direction of Largo and Mt. Vernon Square. Read full article » |
| Introducing Timehacker: It’s not so easy working from home. Can our expert help Erica find the time to finish her memoir? |
| Can’t seem to find the time to achieve your most important life goals? In our new feature, Timehacker, we will match readers with the right coach or consultant to help them find the time, develop new habits and get started. Then we’ll check in on Day 21 to see how it’s working out. Read full article » |
| SPORTS |
| Capitals fail to gain on Penguins in 4-3 loss |
| The Washington Capitals began Wednesday night poised for a season sweep of the Pittsburgh Penguins. They already had won their first three meetings against their Metropolitan Division rivals — each filled with violence and vitriol — but they spent the fourth meeting at Verizon Center trying to dig out of their own holes. Read full article » |
| Kansas State, Maryland court stormings re-ignite debate |
| Even before Monday night, when life in the Kansas State athletic director’s chair became consumed by the topic, John Currie held a firm stance on fans rushing the floor. “Spectators belong in the stands,” Currie said. “They should never be on the court.” Read full article » |
| Orioles’ Matt Wieters, healthy again, returns to catcher after playing advisory role |
| SARASOTA, Fla. — When a player’s season ends before Memorial Day, it isn’t unusual for him to just head home and sulk. The nature of baseball is that it must churn on. There is a game the next night, and if the catcher is hurt, someone else must catch. Why stick around if you can’t contribute? Read full article » |
| Cricket World Cup 2015: Afghanistan defeats Scotland |
| Afghanistan and Scotland each was going for its first victory in a Cricket World Cup match on Wednesday night in Dunedin, New Zealand.The match went down to the final three deliveries with both teams still with a chance to win or to tie. In the end, Afghanistan won after a four from Shapoor Zadran gave it 211 runs to win by one wicket. Three deliveries were left. Read full article » |
| FEDERAL GOVERNMENT |
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| Bipartisan bill would provide back pay in event of Homeland Security shutdown |
| A bipartisan House measure would provide back pay to Department of Homeland Security employees if the agency partially shuts down Saturday because of a lapse in congressional funding.Reps. Don Beyer (D-Va.) and Rob Wittman (D-Va.) introduced a bill Tuesday that would compensate Homeland Security workers retroactively once Congress and the president agree on legislation to finance the department’s operations. The agency is set to run out of money on Friday without a deal. Read full article » |
| Flash Sale: ‘Ready for Hillary’ swag now at 40 percent off! |
| There’s no time to lose. Hurry on down to the “Flash Sale: Huge Savings on the entire store,” our e-mail says. Yes, it’s the “Ready for Hillary” Super PAC’s giant (going out of business?) sale featuring some of the best swag in town for Hillary devotees. We’re talking 40 percent off. Read full article » |
| NATIONAL |
| 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 » |
| You think your drunk college-age daughters are bad with their iPhones? Imagine them with guns. |
| Since my 17-year-old daughter left for college last fall, campus rape has been on my mind. According to a study in the Journal of American College Health, women in college are at their highest risk for rape during their first semester. Read full article » |
| Twitter’s outrage machine should be stopped. But Justine Sacco is the wrong poster child. |
| Recently, various media figures have grown obsessed with the phenomenon of mob-driven Internet harassment and public shaming. It has become popular to publicly criticize the mass outrage that erupts following social media gaffes and to pen 2,000-word apologies for one’s own contributions to “Internet vindictiveness.” Some writers have gone so far as to call Twitter pile-ons “online lynchings” and “digital lynch mobs.” The media’s martyr of choice is Justine Sacco, the public relations executive who became famous in 2013 for a tweet she winged off before boarding an 11-hour flight from London to Cape Town: “Going to Africa. Hope I don’t get AIDS. Just kidding. I’m white!” By the time Sacco touched down in South Africa, her tweet had gone viral, and the globally trending hashtag #HasJustineLandedYet tracked the public’s movement from outrage to glee at the prospect of seeing her life in ruins. Her employer, IAC, fired her the next day. Read full article » |
| WORLD |
| NATO commander warns about deteriorating situation in Ukraine |
| The fighting in eastern Ukraine is “getting worse every day” and Western efforts to deter Russian intervention are having little effect, NATO’s top military commander said Wednesday.In appearances on Capitol Hill and at the Pentagon, Air Force Gen. Philip M. Breedlove, the commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Europe, gave a decidedly pessimistic account of the Ukrainian conflict. He also predicted that Russia’s success in destabilizing Ukraine would embolden President Vladimir Putin to sow divisions elsewhere as part of a strategy to weaken NATO politically and expand Moscow’s influence in the region. Read full article » |
| Gen. John Allen: Islamic State has lost half of its leaders in Iraq |
| U.S. intelligence shows that half of the Islamic State’s leaders in Iraq have been killed, but there is still a long fight ahead to render the group irrelevant, the retired U.S. general in charge of the international coalition to counter the militants told Congress on Wednesday. Read full article » |
| How a single Instagram post could end up sending a former Miss Turkey to jail |
| Merve Buyuksarac won Miss Turkey in 2006. Now, just under a decade later, the former model may be jailed for insulting the Turkish president.On Wednesday, Buyuksarac's lawyer told reporters that an Istanbul prosecutor is attempting to take Buyuksarac to court for insulting a public official. If found guilty, she could face up to two years in prison, the Associated Press reports. Read full article » |
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| BUSINESS |
| A dangerous revolt: People are refusing to pay back student loans |
| Student debt can be brutally unforgiving for those who don’t pay back the money. Students who default can lose their paychecks, tax refunds, or even a portion of their Social Security. Not paying back debt can also ruin someone’s credit, making it difficult to buy a house, car or get a job. Read full article » |
| Morgan Stanley to pay $2.6B to settle charges over mortgages |
| NEW YORK — Morgan Stanley said Wednesday that it has agreed to pay $2.6 billion to settle with the federal government over its role in the mortgage bubble and subsequent financial crisis.The settlement makes Morgan Stanley the latest Wall Street bank to reach a settlement with federal authorities, following the billions paid by JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America and Citigroup. Read full article » |
| Federal agencies looking into possible money laundering at Capital One |
| The Justice and Treasury departments are investigating possible money-laundering at Capital One Financial, the McLean, Va.-based banking giant said in a regulatory filing Tuesday.Capital One said it received requests for information related to its anti-money-laundering protocols and check-casher clients early this year. The requests came from the Justice Department and the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network of the Treasury Department. Read full article » |
| TECHNOLOGY |
| Here’s how the clash between the NSA Director and a senior Yahoo executive went down. |
| In an unusual public exchange, the director of the National Security Agency and a senior Yahoo executive clashed over cyber-spying Monday, illustrating the growing chasm between Washington and Silicon Valley over whether intelligence officials should have broad access to the products being developed by the nation's top technology firms. 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 » |
| The 22 Atari games that Google’s artificial intelligence algorithm is better at than a human |
| Google researchers published a landmark paper in artificial intelligence this week. They created a computerized system that can teach itself how to beat old Atari games. Of the 49 games tested, their system was better than professional human testers at 22 of them: Read full article » |
| What gender wage gap? D.C. is the best city for women in technology. |
| Patricia Arquette’s gender wage gap speech at the Oscars has ignited fresh debate about the right to equal pay for women.In the male-dominated world of technology, that disparity is even more acute and some tech companies are taking steps to close the gap. But if you’re a woman deciding where to look for a job, geography can play a role in ensuring you’re paid as much as your male colleagues. Read full article » |
| LIFESTYLE |
| Can a fraternity guy fight the college rape crisis? Matt Leibowitz tries to help. |
| INDIANAPOLIS — When Matt Leibowitz got ready to reenter the world he loves — the world he so deeply wants to change — he dressed for the part. Khakis, loafers, a navy-blue sweater with the little pink Vineyard Vines whale on the chest. His outfit said to the fraternity and sorority members he was about to meet, Hello, I’m one of you. 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 » |
| Sleater-Kinney still sounds fierce, but something seemed off at 9:30 Club |
| Strange feelings brew when a rock band successfully transitions from hopelessly trying to conquer the world to having actually conquered it. It’s not that crusty, petty irritation that comes when the twin gusts of charisma and hype force us to share our pet bands with the rest of the universe. It’s more about the hollowing shift in energy that occurs when the band no longer has anything left to prove. And how the stakes never feel high enough at the love fest. Read full article » |
| Carolyn Hax: Wife’s mothering style could be a sign of problems |
| Adapted from a recent online discussion.Hi, Carolyn:My wife has morphed into someone I hardly recognize following the birth of our two kids. Before kids, she was funny, easygoing and a joy to be around. After kids, she is now consumed with severely restricting what they (and we) eat. She has banned tap water, flu vaccines, regular laundry detergent, sunscreen — and I could go on. Read full article » |
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