President Barack Obama addresses graduates of The Ohio State University. “Citizenship is a harder, higher road to take, but it leads to a better place. It’s how we built this country — together.”
Rick Perry Shoots, Chris Christie Kills
The Texas governor and former Republican presidential candidate lets loose with a semi-automatic rifle and shoots an egg from 100 yards in video preview for the NRA convention.
Legalize Marijuana and Other Ways U.S.-Mexico Can Win Drug War
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto is in change-the-conversation mode: he wants the world, especially Washington, to focus less on his country’s awful drug violence and more on its robust economic potential.
Jobs Report: Economy Avoids ‘Spring Swoon’ As Unemployment Rate Falls
The American economy is managing to avoid the disabled list this year, despite the risks from higher taxes, lower government spending, and economic weakness around the globe.
Women and Faith Groups Believe in a President Hillary Clinton
Without encouragement, faith and women groups have rallied around the idea of a President Hillary Clinton
Morning Must Reads: May 3
In the news: Obama as lame duck, Boston bombers, Howard Kurtz, immigration reform, bunker busters, and Mount Everest
Chuck Schumer: The Legislative Hurricane
Stumping for Hurricane Sandy relief, the New York Senator shows why he’s become a force in Washington
Don’t Let the Boston Bombing Take Away Our Privacy Rights
No one objects to cameras at high-profile targets or events; at the same time, we at the American Civil Liberties Union think there needs to be a balance.
What Bangladesh Can Learn from New York’s Triangle Factory Fire
The lasting impact of the fire at the Triangle Waist Co., New York’s largest manufacturer of women’s blouses — then called “shirtwaists” — had little to do with tender hearts, and everything to do with political power.
Congress Bars Military from Determining How Many Surplus Bases It Has
Congress has barred the U.S. military from seeing how many empty bedrooms – oops, make that surplus posts, bases, hangars, piers and runways – it has.
The Battle Over Gun Control Follows Key Senators Back Home
There’s no place like home for Senators Kelly Ayotte (R-N.H.), Max Baucus (D-Mont.), and Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) after they voted to kill the bill expanding gun background checks.
Bringing It All Back Home
Why the smartest foreign policy choice for the U.S. now is to focus on domestic affiars
CFPB Finally Fixes the “Anti-Housewife” Rule
On Monday, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau updated existing regulations so it will be easier for stay-at-home spouses to get credit cards.