The state of Texas is leading 16 other states in filing suit to stop President Obama’s recent immigration orders, reports the Associated Press. Texas was joined by southern and Midwestern states in the suit filed in federal court in the Southern District of Texas. Nat’l Journal: Ted Cruz Pushes House GOP to All-In Fight Against […]

House Speaker John Boehner needs a timely bailout from Nancy Pelosi if he wants to pass his year-end government funding plan, reports Politico. The bailout request is the result of apparent conservative frustration over the plan’s failure to create a showdown with President Obama on immigration. Telegraph: Gorbachev – USA Stoking “New Cold War” NYT: […]

The federal government has nine days of funding remaining and whether there’s a shutdown depends on how Speaker John Boehner’s plan to avert one is received by conservatives in the Republican caucus this morning, reports Politico. Boehner’s plan: pass a spending bill and a symbolic rebuke to President Obama on immigration that the Senate will […]

Nearly a week after the riots have ended in Ferguson, President Obama will hold meetings with Cabinet officials and others to discuss the unrest, reports the AP. The president’s meetings will start with discussion of federal programs to sell military equipment to police departments. WaPo: Obamacare Small Business Marketplace Off to Slow Start ESPN: St. […]

In his first public interview, Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson tells his side to ABC’s George Stephanopoulos. Wilson claims a “clean conscience” because, in his words, “I know I did my job right.” WaPo: Inconsistency the Only Constant with Evidence in Mike Brown Case Politico: Obama EPA Proposes the “Most Expensive Regulation Ever” WaPo: Illegal […]