Morning Must Reads: February 19
In the news: Obama bullies the press, Reagonomics gets a facelift, Simpson-Bowles Round II, and Dave Chappelle, political visionary.
In the news: Obama bullies the press, Reagonomics gets a facelift, Simpson-Bowles Round II, and Dave Chappelle, political visionary.
Former Gov. Mark Sanford appeals to the “God of second chances” in his bid for South Carolina’s first congressional district.
Happy Presidents’ Day! Here are today’s top stories.
Senator Elizabeth Warren shows she’s a firebrand in her first banking committee hearing.
Robin Kelly, a former Cook County Administrator, gets a big boost from a billionaire for being on his side on the gun control debate.
In the news: a Congressman’s long lost daughter, Warren Buffet’s ketchup, Keystone XL pipeline protests, and the neurological differences between Democrats and Republicans.
In the news: the creation of the world’s largest airline, huge asteroids, the chuck Chuck Hagel movement, and Scott Brown’s debut on Fox.
The comedian endorses former City Council President Eric Garcetti in one of the funniest ads ever.
In the news: burning cabins, Jack Lew, fracking, SOTU, and free preschool.
Sen. Marco Rubio had a dry mouth during the Republican Address to the Nation, leading to an awkward, off-screen grab for a Poland Spring bottle. UPDATE: Rubio responds.
In the most emotional moment of the State of the Union, President Obama proclaimed that the families of the victims of gun violence “deserve a vote” in Congress on a gun control bill.
In the news: nuclear North Korea, busy Democratic Senators, a Fox immigration poll, safe commercial jets, and the State of the Union.
In the news: drones, Saturday mail, Bloomberg’s British empire, GOP’s upper hand on sequestration, unfortunate tweets