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| Jeb Bush, Scott Walker emerging as front-runners for GOP nod — and rivals |
| It started with a subtle poke at Jeb Bush almost two months ago, when Scott Walker suggested that Republicans need “a new, fresh approach.” Since then, Walker has continued jabbing, casting himself as the “son of a preacher” — instead of, say, a president — and warning Republicans against “looking to the past.” Read full article » |
| Harried parents embracing Uber to move kids around town |
| Suvita Melehy, who practices law in Silver Spring, Md., has mastered the art of moving her kids around, using a combination of carpooling, trading favors, reducing her work hours and researching bus schedules to ferry her two daughters, 16 and 13, from school to a host of activities. Read full article » |
| Clinton: It ‘might have been smarter’ to use a State Dept. e-mail account |
| UNITED NATIONS — Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that she regretted using only a private e-mail server for work-related correspondence as secretary of state, saying that she sent and received more than 60,000 e-mails through her private account in a four-year span but that none contained classified material. Read full article » |
| Army helicopter crashes in Fla.: 7 Marines, 4 soldiers missing |
| An Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter has crashed in Florida, and seven Marines and four soldiers are missing.The helicopter was on a night training mission out of Eglin Air Force Base near Valparaiso, Fla., according to a statement on the base’s Facebook page. It was reported missing at around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, and debris from the crash was found at about 2:00 a.m. Wednesday on a beach between Pensacola and Destin. Read full article » |
| Ferguson’s city manager is out after Justice Dept. report |
| Officials in Ferguson, Mo., announced Tuesday night that John Shaw, the city manager, was leaving his position.The move, which the city called “a mutual separation agreement,” comes in the wake of a scathing Justice Department report that criticized Shaw and other Ferguson officials for the city’s discriminatory and predatory behavior toward citizens. Read full article » |
| Ted Cruz’s claim that the IRS tax code has more words than the Bible |
| “On tax reform, we, right now, have more words in the IRS code than there are in the Bible — not a one of them as good.”—Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), speech at International Association of Fire Fighters legislative conference, March 10, 2015 Read full article » |
| Millions over age 112 have Social Security numbers, and it’s not because we’re living longer |
| Thousands of workers over the age of 100 applied for employment verification through the U.S. government in recent years.It’s not a trend toward an older workforce, but a sign of identity fraud, according to federal auditors. Read full article » |
| POLITICS |
| Louisiana’s Jindal urges presidential hopefuls to sign on to GOP Iran letter |
| Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal — who has tried to stand out in a crowded presidential field with strident attacks on President Obama’s foreign policy — issued a call Tuesday for “all potential presidential candidates” to sign on to a letter written by GOP senators to the government of Iran. Read full article » |
| Divisive primaries have plagued Republicans. Now Democrats are dealing with them. |
| Republican leaders have spent recent elections agonizing over divisive primaries pitting conservative activists against the GOP establishment. Now, Democrats are increasingly the ones grappling with a restive base. Read full article » |
| Three years after approval, nationwide network for first responders faces challenges |
| The federal government is in the early stages of building the first nationwide public safety communications network for first responders, a project long sought by public safety advocates to address communication failures during the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, and Hurricane Katrina. Read full article » |
| Pr. William GOP may have caucus, not primary, because of missed deadline |
| Republican supervisors in Prince William County may have to compete in unpredictable individual caucuses this spring after the local party committee missed a state deadline for requesting a traditional primary. Read full article » |
| OPINIONS |
| GOP senators appear set on their own breakaway nation |
| The New York Daily News branded Senate Republicans “TRAITORS” in large type across its cover Tuesday, saying, “GOPers try to sabotage Bam nuke deal.”That’s not quite right. It’s true that 47 Republican senators did their level best to bring us closer to war by writing a letter to Iran’s mullahs, attempting to scuttle nuclear talks with the United States. But Republicans aren’t exactly subverting the United States. It’s more as if they’re operating their own independent republic on Capitol Hill. Call it the State of Republicania. Read full article » |
| Tom Cotton’s grandstand play |
| With a few tweaks to Scripture, herewith today’s relevant verse: What therefore President Obama hath joined together, let Republicans put asunder.The letter from 47 Republican senators to Iran’s leaders, proffering a civics lesson on the U.S. Constitution, has predictably triggered outrage. In a sneeringly adolescent tone, the senators basically said that Obama will be gone in two years and that they’ll still be here. In other words, any agreement could be null in January 2017. Read full article » |
| New questions for Clinton |
| For what she says is the sake of “convenience” — who wants to have to fiddle with two handheld devices when one will do nicely? — Hillary Clinton bought herself a heap of trouble.Then she added to the pile by failing to explain herself for a full week. The storm over her use of a private e-mail account mushroomed — as was inevitable in the absence of a countervailing explanation other than the Clintonian penchant for control and secrecy. Read full article » |
| Hillary Clinton had a duty higher than convenience |
| HILLARY RODHAM Clinton offered a soupcon of regret at a news conference Tuesday for having used private e-mail exclusively during her nearly four years as secretary of state. “Looking back, it would’ve been better” if she had not used a private e-mail account for official business, she conceded. Ms. Clinton said she decided to do so for “convenience” because “I thought it would be easier to carry just one device for my work and for my personal e-mails instead of two.” Read full article » |
| LOCAL |
| D.C. neighbors’ sparring over secondhand smoke lands in court |
| The green-painted brick rowhouse in the 800 block of Fifth Street NE has been in Edwin Gray’s family since 1964, when his mother, who worked three jobs, bought it to raise her eight children.Now Gray lives in the house with his four adult sons. And every once in a while, he said, he likes to relax by smoking a cigarette, burning incense or even lighting up marijuana. Read full article » |
| James Reeb died in Selma 50 years ago today. He should be remembered for how he lived |
| At Philadelphia General Hospital, where Rev. James Reeb worked in 1956 as a chaplain, the strict Presbyterian minister suffered a crisis of faith while tending to drug addicts and the city’s poor.“His theology had told him that if people were suffering, that it was God’s punishment for their sins,” said Rev. Rob Hardies, the pastor at All Souls Church Unitarian in Northwest Washington, D.C. at a special service held in Reeb’s memory earlier this month. “But this judging voice was at war with another voice inside him that told him ‘These are your brothers and sisters.’” Read full article » |
| Wires, trees close Canal Road in Northwest D.C. |
| Authorities closed Canal Road at Reservoir Road in Northwest Washington early Wednesday morning. Read full article » |
| SPORTS |
| NFL free agency 2015: Colts to get Frank Gore, Trent Cole and possibly Andre Johnson, plus more |
| Welcome to your one-stop-shop for NFL free agency. Check back regularly for updates on the latest rumors, signings, analysis and more. Deals can become official at 4 p.m.; Meantime, there are division-by-division looks at team needs and the top free agents on the market. Read full article » |
| Darrelle Revis cashes in (again), to Jets’ delight and Patriots’ detriment |
| Darrelle Revis’s uncle, former NFL defensive lineman Sean Gilbert, is running for executive director of the players’ union.Perhaps when Gilbert stands before the player representatives for the 32 NFL teams during the union’s meetings in Hawaii to make his pitch for the job prior to Sunday’s election, his entire speech should consist of: “Have you ever seen what my nephew has made in his career?” Read full article » |
| TV and radio listings: March 11 |
| NHL8 p.m. New York Rangers at Washington » NBC Sports Network, WJFK (106.7 FM), WFED (1500 AM)NBA8 p.m. Los Angeles Clippers at Oklahoma City » ESPN10:30 p.m. Houston at Portland » ESPN Read full article » |
| St. Francis comes up short in bid to make NCAA tournament for first time |
| New York — Never can be mean, but never also can be heavy and adamant. So when never won yet again Tuesday night, the students who spent all game standing four-deep behind the baseline hoping to see the end of never found only the end of their energy. Their shoulders slumped. Some hugged in commiseration. One threw down a pompom. Read full article » |
| FEDERAL GOVERNMENT |
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| There was a time in Washington. . . |
| There was a time in Washington, a half-century ago, when things were different, when Republicans and Democrats talked to each other, where they lived near each other and where the Congressional Directory would include the home address of every senator, congressman and senior government official. Read full article » |
| Obama to visit VA hospital in Phoenix, the heart of last summer’s scandal |
| President Obama is planning to visit Phoenix’s troubled Veterans Affairs hospital, the site of a scandal last year that caused the largest shakeup in the history of the VA.White House officials confirmed Tuesday that Obama and Secretary Robert McDonald plan to meet Friday with administrators at the Carl T. Hayden VA Medical Center. Read full article » |
| NATIONAL |
| A coda to the Cotton letter |
| On Monday, I wrote that an Obama-signed executive agreement on Iran would very likely outlast his administration. Regardless of the agreement’s legal status, it would be politically costly for any successor to Obama to renege on any actual deal, assuming that it’s (a) successfully negotiated; and (b) adhered to by Iran as closely as the 2013 interim agreement. Read full article » |
| Ringling Brothers is finally freeing its elephant performers. It’s not nearly enough. |
| The costumes are coming off, the shackles are being unlocked, and the boxcars are opening. After more than 130 years, the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus will retire its elephants, sending them to a conservation center in Florida. Read full article » |
| Dear Susan Rice, I’m sorry |
| Dear Ms. Rice,Now that passions on both sides of Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech to Congress have cooled, I write today in keeping with the Jewish admonition that he who has caused offense in public must apologize in public, too. Read full article » |
| WORLD |
| An argument between the U.S. and Venezuela is putting Cuba in a very awkward position |
| HAVANA — President Obama's attempt to mend relations with Cuba while simultaneously turning the screws on Venezuela, Havana's closest ally, is making for some fascinating triangular diplomacy.Late Monday night, after Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro gave a speech blasting new U.S. sanctions on his administration as an attempt to overthrow him, the Cuban government affirmed its "unconditional support" for Maduro. Read full article » |
| Why did victims in Islamic State beheading videos look so calm? They didn’t know it was real. |
| For all their stage-managed professionalism, the videos of killings released by the Islamic State have often left viewers confused about the exact circumstances of what was being shown in the video. Their videos of beheadings, for instance, do not show the act itself, which initially led some to speculate that they may have been faked. Read full article » |
| The Middle East’s ancient legacy that the Islamic State cannot destroy |
| Over the past year, the world has looked on in horror as the extremist militants of the Islamic State have set about vandalizing, smashing and bulldozing cultural antiquities that existed in the territory the jihadists control for thousands of years. Read full article » |
| Security of Hillary Clinton’s private e-mail server comes under scrutiny |
| The private e-mail server used by Hillary Rodham Clinton all but certainly lacked the level of security employed by the government and could have been breached fairly easily by determined foreign intelligence services, national security and cyber experts said. Read full article » |
| BUSINESS |
| What’s the best way to help a relative pay for college? |
| When I teach about personal finance at my church or for various other organizations, I often refer to the Old Testament story of Joseph.He could interpret dreams, and predicted in Egypt seven years of plenty followed by seven years of famine. During the years of plenty, Joseph saved so much grain that when the famine came, folks from other nations came in search of food. He could share because he had intentionally saved extra. Read full article » |
| A legacy of the housing bubble that won’t go away: bidding wars |
| The housing bubble brought bidding wars — wars over $500,000 properties that ultimately sold for $600,000, wars over under-listed condos that drew dozens of would-be buyers, wars over starter homes that a few years earlier would have fetched a fraction of the price. This manic bidding was, in effect, a sign of the bubble, as well as a factor that helped inflate it. Read full article » |
| A major overhaul in credit reporting could improve your credit score |
| The country’s biggest credit bureaus are making changes that could help millions of Americans qualify for better interest rates on student loans, mortgages and auto financing, saving them thousands of dollars. Read full article » |
| TECHNOLOGY |
| The new MacBook: Hands-on with Apple’s two-pound wonder |
| Apple revealed a completely redesigned laptop on Monday alongside its new smartwatches, a droolworthy super-thin MacBook. I only spent a few minutes with the newest MacBook, but here are some of my key takeaways of this sleek (if a bit impractical) laptop: Read full article » |
| Wikipedia is suing the NSA over online spying |
| The nonprofit behind Wikipedia, the Wikimedia Foundation, is suing the National Security Agency and the Department of Justice over a government surveillance program. The suit challenges a program that collects data by tapping into the infrastructure, or backbone, the Web is built on. Read full article » |
| The quiet computing revolution built into Apple’s 12-inch MacBook |
| There’s going to be a lot of ink spilled this week about the Apple Watch. Some tech writers are also focusing on Tim Cook’s exclusive deal with HBO. And still others are concentrating on the redesigned 12-inch MacBook. Read full article » |
| 4 lessons from a viral timelapse video of Austria |
| On Monday, film students Thomas Pocksteiner and Peter Jablonowski posted a three-minute video of Austria to YouTube. They didn’t even promote it, but by Tuesday it already had over 650,000 views. Here’s how they created something so amazing: Read full article » |
| LIFESTYLE |
| Jury awards $7.4 million to family of Marvin Gaye for ‘Blurred Lines’ ripoff |
| The strange, fraught saga of “Blurred Lines” — 2013’s most notoriously popular single — has finally come to a rich conclusion. A Los Angeles jury decided Tuesday that songwriters Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams ripped off Marvin Gaye’s 1977 hit “Got to Give It Up” and awarded Gaye’s family $7.4 million in compensation. Read full article » |
| Nightlife Agenda: Mingering Mike, Chuck Norris’s birthday and a slacker brunch |
| This week's essential DJs, bands, dance nights and parties.Tuesday, March 10Pete Rock's jazz samples and crackling drums featured prominently during the golden age of East Coast hip-hop, as his influence shaped the early work of late hip-hop producer J Dilla and his group Slum Village. The admiration was mutual, and resulted in a Pete Rock feature on Slum Village's classic second album "Fantastic Vol. 2." Almost a decade after Dilla's passing, Esvee is still bringing their Detroit boom bap and currently touring with Pete Rock on the turntables and rhymes. It will be a night of true school hip-hop when they hit the U Street Music Hall stage. Read full article » |
| Chanel wants you to dress like a bistro waiter this fall. It’s actually a good idea. |
| Robin Givhan, The Washington Post’s Pulitzer-winning fashion critic, is covering Paris Fashion Week. Follow along as she makes her way from runway to runway. Read her stories on Style Blog and follow her on Twitter: @robingivhan. Read full article » |
| Carolyn Hax: She cheated, he forgave, she questioned his love. Time to move on. |
| Dear Carolyn:My fiancee cheated on me. After talking it over, I have forgiven her and want to move on.Now she is questioning my love for her because I didn’t get upset enough about it. This has thrown me for a loop. I never thought my ability to be rational and forgiving would break my heart. Read full article » |
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