Health insurance companies misjudged the health of exchange participants in 2015 and are seeking rate increases of up to 54 percent in 2016 to make up the difference, reports the New York Times. In Illinois, the average rate increase is 23 percent, 25 in North Carolina, 31 in Oklahoma, 36 in Tennessee, and a whopping […]

The Obama administration is blocking the plans of Middle Eastern countries to send heavy weapons directly to Kurds to fight ISIS, reports London’s Telegraph. ABC: Fed. Judge – Alabama Counties Must Allow Gay Marriage WSJ: Gingrich – A Gov’t Snoop that Puts the NSA to Shame WTOP: Study – Most Americans Suffer from ‘Digital Amnesia’ […]

The Daily Mail has combed through Hillary’s publicly-released emails and has all the details – from the mundane to the comical.  AP: Puerto Rico Teeters The Hill: Obamacare Ruling Paves Way for Lobbying Blitz HuffPo: MLK Statue Will Soon Stand Outside of Georgia’s Statehouse WaPo: Study – Nature Walks Good for Brain

Senator Ted Cruz has choice words for his fellow Senators Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul in his new book, reports Politico. In the book, titled “A Time for Truth,” Cruz notes, “I’ve been amazed how many senators pose one way in public … and then in private do little or nothing.” The Hill: Five Lingering […]

The Attorneys General of Texas and Mississippi declared this weekend that clerks in their states do not have to issue marriage licenses to gay applicants. In Mississippi, Attorney General Jim Hood declared the ruling would not be observed until the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals decided a case about Mississippi’s ban. In Texas, the state […]