Business
The End Of The Car Age In One Chart
Alex Davies reports on a new study which concludes that the age of driving in America is over. It just so happens that fresh data on monthly motor vehicle miles driven is out today, and with that data we can compare total US monthly vehicle … [Read More...]
Can Miguel Cabrera Break Pete Rose’s All-Time Hits Record?
One year after winning the triple crown, Miguel Cabrera is off to an even better start. If he keeps up this pace, he will have nearly 2,100 hits at the age of 30, about half of Pete Rose's all-time record (4,256). But, can Cabrera keep it up? If … [Read More...]
Here’s The Search Warrant Where The FBI Called A Fox News Reporter A ‘Co-Conspirator’ In A Leak Investigation
New Yorker reporter Ryan Lizza points out the "most chilling" part of the search warrant on Fox News … [Read More...]
US Politics
Iran Election Overseers May Bar Former… – ABC News
San Francisco ChronicleIran Election Overseers May Bar Former...ABC NewsIran's election overseers said Monday they will bar candidates who are physically weak from running in next month's presidential election, a reference to a former … [Read More...]
Supreme Court to hear frequent-flier case – USA Today – USA TODAY
Supreme Court to hear frequent-flier case - USA TodayUSA TODAYNow Northwest is asking the Supreme Court to explain how much freedom airlines have to set their own policies under the Airline Deregulation Act. The trade group Airlines for America … [Read More...]
Obama to give counterterrorism speech Thursday – USA Today – USA TODAY
Wall Street Journal (blog)Obama to give counterterrorism speech Thursday - USA TodayUSA TODAYPresident Obama delivers a counterterrorism speech Thursday that may also be a defense of two much criticized programs: Drone strikes and the terrorism … [Read More...]
Foreign Policy
Shaping US foreign policy – gulfnews.com
gulfnews.comShaping US foreign policygulfnews.comThis week, for the fourth time since taking over from Hillary Clinton in February, Kerry arrives for talks in Israel and Palestine, where he hopes to twitch the corpse of two-state peace talks … [Read More...]
North Korea in Third Day of Missile Firings – Council on Foreign Relations
Economic TimesNorth Korea in Third Day of Missile FiringsCouncil on Foreign RelationsProfessor Wang Fan , director of the Institute of International Relations of China Foreign Affairs University, tells the South China Morning Post. "The United … [Read More...]
Rethinking U.S. foreign policy in Israel – Independent Record – Helena Independent Record
Rethinking U.S. foreign policy in Israel - Independent RecordHelena Independent RecordThe new Secretary of State John Kerry has already been rushing to Israel's defense, and new Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel muted his concerns in order to … [Read More...]
Justice
Federal Appeals Court: Drug Sentencing Disparity Is Intentional Racial ‘Subjugation’
Since Congress recognized the gaping racial disparity between mandatory minimum sentences for crack offenses and cocaine offenses and reduced the ratio from 100-to-1 to 18-to-1, courts have grappled with when and how to apply the statute to … [Read More...]
Reid Reportedly Prepared To Disarm Filibusters For All Nominees
(Credit: AP) Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) expects a showdown in July over a potential second round of filibuster reform, and he’s prepared to push for a sweeping change to the minority’s ability to unilaterally obstruct … [Read More...]
Illinois Passes Medical Marijuana Bill
The Illinois legislature sent a medical marijuana bill to Gov. Pat Quinn Friday, after the Senate passed a measure 35-21 largely along party lines. The measure would permit marijuana use with a doctor’s prescription for 33 specified ailments, … [Read More...]
Elections 2012
Republicans Informed of IRS Investigation Last Year
Much has been made of the fact that senior Treasury Department officials were told about the investigation into the treatment of tea party groups in June 2012 — months before last year’s the Presidential election. Republicans who requested … [Read More...]
Tea party tax returns show activism on a budget
Dozens of tea party groups and other conservative organizations of the kind subjected to improper scrutiny by the Internal Revenue Service operated with small budgets and rarely displayed overt partisan ... … [Read More...]
Why You Should Feel Sorry for the IRS
Yes, the Internal Revenue Service was wrong to target dozens of conservative groups for extra scrutiny, even if it was accidental. Everybody agrees on this point. But lost in the frenzy is a bigger question: If the IRS screwed this up so royally … [Read More...]
World News
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Delhi on Sunday afternoon – BBC News
BBC NewsChinese Premier Li Keqiang arrived in Delhi on Sunday afternoonBBC NewsChina's Premier Li Keqiang has pledged to build trust with India where he is meeting his counterpart Manmohan Singh after a recent flare-up in border tensions. … [Read More...]
Imran Khan’s party wins revote in Karachi, protests expected – Reuters
The NationImran Khan's party wins revote in Karachi, protests expectedReutersISLAMABAD | Mon May 20, 2013 12:32am EDT. ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Cricket hero Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf party won a revote in an upmarket constituency … [Read More...]
Syria conflict: Fierce battle for key town of Qusair – BBC News
BBC NewsSyria conflict: Fierce battle for key town of QusairBBC NewsFighting has raged in Syria's town of Qusair after government troops launched a major operation to seize the strategic rebel stronghold. State media said the army "restored … [Read More...]
Politics & Media
Amazing Footage Of Oklahoma Tornadoes Demolishing Homes, ‘Tearing Up Everything In Its Path’
CNN and local stations captured incredible aerial footage of the tornadoes ravaging through multiple Oklahoma cities, giving a visual … [Read More...]
On ‘Scandals’, President Obama Should Borrow From An Unfamiliar Playbook: Bush And Cheney
This week, scandal fever engulfed cable news, radio, and Republican dinner tables across the country, as the GOP (and some Democrats) embarked on … [Read More...]
GOP Rep. Darrell Issa Was Informed About IRS Investigation Last July
The IRS scandal continues to engulf the news cycle as critics from the both sides of the aisle express outrage and demand anger. While there is … [Read More...]
Bob Schieffer Tears Into WH Adviser Over Response To Scandals: ‘Is The President Out Of Touch?’
White House adviser Dan Pfeiffer must not have particularly enjoyed himself this weekend, given that his Sunday show appearances have been … [Read More...]
Economy
Scott Walker Touts Job Growth That Ranks Wisconsin Seventh-To-Last In Nation
Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (R) is pushing a report from his administration’s Department of Workforce Development that puts the state’s … [Read More...]
How States Are Leading The Way On Equal Pay For Women
Legislation at the federal level designed to improve women’s economic opportunities appears stalled, including, most recently, the Paycheck … [Read More...]
Elizabeth Warren Slams ‘Dangerous’ Legislation That Would Weaken Wall Street Reform
A week after a bipartisan group of lawmakers on the House Financial Services Committee overwhelmingly approved a rollback of certain financial … [Read More...]
Treasury Department Begins Preparing For Debt Ceiling Hostage Negotiations
Credit: The Economist At noon on Friday, the Treasury Department began the latest round of accounting contortionism brought on by … [Read More...]
