Budget shortfalls have left police departments without the funds to properly train officers on using their firearms.
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No, Obama Isn’t Trying to “Pack the Court”
Maybe Republican pundits and politicos should read the founding document they name-drop at every turn before they recommend dismantling it to further their ideological agenda.Â
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Texas’s Ruling on Abortion Law: A Silver Lining to a Storm Cloud
Part of the state’s infamously restrictive abortion law has been declared unconstitutional, but it’s far from a victory.
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He’s a Mean One, Mr. Boehner
Democrats are going to try to make him into a villain in the 2014 elections. Will it work?
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Super Sad Spy Story
How the NSA’s surveillance state could define Obama’s presidency
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Time to Investigate Those Insurance Company Letters
Are they trying to pull a fast one on their customers?
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Another Phony Obamacare Victim Story
The exemplar temptation produces bad journalism.
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The Biggest Design Flaw in Healthcare.gov
It was always going to be problematic, but with one change they could have saved themselves a lot of headaches.
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The Next Battle at the Fed
Who the president appoints to the vacancies on the Fed Board of Governors could determine whether Janet Yellen is chair of the Federal Reserve in name only.
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Healthcare.gov 2: The Contractors’ Search for More Money
The Obama administration’s fatal mistake was treating the health-care exchanges like any other big contracting project.