The early morning sun rises behind the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC.
- President Barack Obama today will extend a new offer to congressional Republicans in which he would back an overhaul of the corporate tax system in exchange for a guarantee that a resulting one-time windfall be used to underwrite various job creation proposals.
- Why is the speech at an Amazon warehouse?
- Senate confirms James Comey as FBI Director.
- The Economist: It’s not just Detroit; Uncle Sam offers an array of “entitlements” that there is no real plan to pay for.
- Bill Nojay, former chief operating officer of the Detroit Department of Transportation, tells what it was like trying to run a dysfunctional city.
- Charlie Cook breaks down the 2014 midterm elections.
- Former Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey argues against the popular idea of having the government prepare our tax returns.
- War on Women
- It’s a GOP problem.
- Nope, recently it has been a few Democrats.
- Scott Simon, the host of NPR’s Weekend Edition Saturday, has been live tweeting his insight from his mother’s deathbed the past few days.