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| Federal judge halts Obama’s immigration plan |
| The political feud over immigration reform between President Obama and his Republican critics took a dramatic turn late Monday when a federal judge in Texas temporarily blocked recent executive actions by the president, delivering a legal setback to his bid to stop the deportations of millions of illegal immigrants. Read full article » |
| Democrats are bracing for another Obamacare backlash |
| The Obamacare window technically just closed this weekend, but a new round of political headaches could just be beginning for the administration.That's because it's tax season, and many Americans could soon be getting an unwelcome surprise that they owe the government a penalty for skipping health insurance coverage. Read full article » |
| What will Jeb Bush have to say about foreign policy — especially Iraq? |
| Shortly before Jeb Bush made his first moves toward a presidential campaign, he took to a stage in Miami and tore into President Obama on foreign policy.Bush described in a speech in December how the United States has kept thousands of troops deployed on the Korean Peninsula to help avoid a major conflict in Asia. But as he built up to his attack line against Obama, the former Florida governor stumbled — reaching for a word that threatens to loom large over his expected White House run. Read full article » |
| Chris Christie is the Anne Hathaway of politics |
| The Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers University has some bad news for Chris Christie: Just 37 percent of New Jerseyans have a favorable impression of their governor -- down from nearly 70 percent in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. He also trails Hillary Rodham Clinton by 23 points in his home state in a 2016 general election match-up. Read full article » |
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| Chevy Chase: After ‘Saturday Night Live,’ too mean to succeed |
| From almost the moment “Saturday Night Live” first aired, the media swooned at the sight of Chevy Chase. New York magazine slapped him on the cover, declaring he was the next Johnny Carson. He did an opinion piece for the New York Times, in which he introduced himself as: “Chevy Chase is Chevy Chase and you’re not.” All throughout 1975, the cleft chin was everywhere. Read full article » |
| Bernie Sanders’s claim that 99 percent of new income is going to top 1 percent of Americans |
| “In terms of income as opposed to wealth, almost all of the new income generated in recent years has gone to the top 1 percent. In fact, the latest information that we have shows that in recent years, over 99 percent of all new income generated in the economy has gone to the top 1 percent.”— Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Brookings Institution speech, Feb. 9 Read full article » |
| NPR host Diane Rehm emerges as key force in the right-to-die debate |
| Diane Rehm and her husband John had a pact: When the time came, they would help each other die.John’s time came last year. He could not use his hands. He could not feed himself or bathe himself or even use the toilet. Parkinson’s had ravaged his body and exhausted his desire to live. Read full article » |
| Gulp. How’d we get to the $22 cocktail? |
| The deep, amber-colored drink is a looker, that much is true.But there is no forest of mint perking up this Manhattan at Georgetown’s Rye Bar. It does not arrive in a pineapple.It is an unfussy Manhattan. It just happens to cost $22. Read full article » |
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