Rand Paul has risen from Tea Party troublemaker to GOP celebrity. Can he reshape a party that never quite took his father seriously?
A License to Vote? GOP Lawmakers Push Voter IDs
Residents of Virginia and Arkansas may be getting carded at places other than nightclubs come 2014.
National Security’s Alpha Women
Crashing barriers, three women are getting top national security jobs
AP Bans ‘Illegal Immigrant’: The Tricky Language of Immigration Reform
Which words should politicians, journalists, and political commentators use now?
Diplomacy in the Age of Twitter
For the second time in seven months, the U.S. embassy in Cairo got itself into Twitter trouble. The unusually combative Twitter feed on Tuesday criticized the Egyptian government’s imprisonment of comedian Bassem Youssef for …
Barack Obama Will Return Five Percent of Salary Due to Sequestration
Obama’s refund to the Treasury will amount to $20,000 in salary over the rest of the year.
Hagel’s Flawed Defense-Spending Premise
The nation is spending more on its military than the Cold War average.
Hagel Taking Pay Cut
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel will kick back up to 14 days’ pay to the U.S. Treasury to replicate the pecuniary pain sequestration will inflict on fellow Pentagon civilians.
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Marijuana Next
Why I’m for legalizing marijuana.
Hillary Clinton Reemerges Amid 2016 Rumors
Clinton’s speech at the Kennedy Center proves she can’t do anything outside the framework of her potential presidential candidacy.
“When I climbed the Capitol steps in January, I promised myself that I would return to the Senate with an open mind and greater respect for others. Same-sex couples should have the right to civil marriage. Our time on this Earth is limited, I know that better than most.”
— Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), announcing his support for same-sex marriage yesterday to the Chicago Tribune. Kirk suffered a stroke last year.
Morning Must Reads: April 3
In the news: defense companies thrive past sequester, North and South Korea troubles, new and less expensive iPhone, Cory Booker, Mark Sanford, Obama’s surrogates, and conspiracy theories.
Obama, Both Bushes, Clinton and Carter, the ‘World’s Most Exclusive Club,’ to Reunite
On April 25, members of the “world’s most exclusive club” will meet in Dallas for the opening of the George W. Bush Presidential Center at Southern Methodist University