- A year after Obama warned the Syrian regime that using chemical weapons would cross a “red line,” the President in an interview with CNN says that the USA has to work “within an international framework.”
- Officers at the Pentagon are updating target lists for possible airstrikes on a range of Syrian government and military installations.
- “The Day After Assad Wins” [Foreign Affairs]
- Many local governments are reducing the number of hours their part-time employees work. Employers will be required in 16 months under ObamaCare to offer health care coverage to employees who work at least 30 hours a week.
- House Speaker John Boehner plans to avert a government shutdown at the end of September by passing a “short-term” budget bill that maintains the sequester.
- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission moves to reign in high-speed traders.
- 100 ob-gyns write a letter urging more hospitals to perform abortions.
- Bradley Manning‘s prison treatment is in limbo after his transgender declaration.
- ”The Man Behind the Historic Implosion of the Ex-Gay Movement” [Buzzfeed]
- And Ben Affleck is the new Batman.
Morning Must Reads: August 23
In the news: Syria, ObamaCare, the upcoming fiscal battles, high-speed traders, Alan Chambers, and the new Batman