Brad Hamilton and Susan Edelman at The New York Post report: Take a big gulp, New York: Hizzoner is about to give you a pop. Nanny Bloomberg unleashes his ban on large sodas on March 12 — and there are some nasty surprises lurking for hardworking families. Say goodbye to that 2-liter bottle of Coke… Continue Reading »
Kevin Robillard at Politico reports: Ariz. Gov. Jan Brewer said Friday that the U.S.’s southern border is not secure, explaining that she’d seen “drug cartels ready to come across in the middle of the night” on a recent helicopter tour of the area. “Our border is not secure,” Brewer said on Fox News. “Our fences… Continue Reading »
Ed O’Keefe at The Washington Post reports: A bipartisan group of senators is on the verge of a deal that would expand background checks to all private firearms sales with limited exemptions, but significant disagreements remain on the issue of keeping records of private gun sales, according to aides familiar with the talks. An agreement… Continue Reading »
Bob Woodward at The Washington Post reports: Misunderstanding, misstatements and all the classic contortions of partisan message management surround the sequester, the term for the $85 billion in ugly and largely irrational federal spending cuts set by law to begin Friday. What is the non-budget wonk to make of this? Who is responsible? What really happened?… Continue Reading »
Nancy Montgomery at Stars and Stripes reports: Starting this year, for the first time in 22 years, military women and dependents pregnant by rape or incest won’t have to pay for their own abortions. A provision in the National Defense Authorization Act signed into law last month provides military women the same coverage to which Medicaid… Continue Reading »
