The Treasury Department announced last week a one-year delay for a key ObamaCare provision imposing a $2,000 per employee tax on large employers who don’t offer health insurance. But House Republicans aren’t so sure President Obama has the constitutional authority to just ignore part of his own health care law. Roll Call reports on those […]

Adly Mansour, Egypt’s new interim president, swore the oath of office in front of Egypt’s Supreme Constitutional Court on Thursday morning, formalizing a whirlwind insurrection, reports the Wall Street Journal. Egyptian prosecutors escalated what appeared to be a widespread roundup of top Muslim Brotherhood members on Thursday, according to The New York Times, acting hours […]

On America’s 237th Birthday, a link to Heritage on the Declaration of Independence and the American Creed, an article on what Lincoln thought of Independence Day, and 10 fascinating facts on our Founding document. Military Coup in Egypt Egypt’s military moved forcefully to seize power from President Mohamed Morsi on Wednesday, The New York Times reports, deploying tanks and troops in Cairo […]

The Obama administration has opted to delay the implementation of ObamaCare’s employer mandate—the requirement that all firms with 50 or more employees provide health coverage, or pay steep fines—until 2015, Forbes reports. The administration said it would postpone the provision after hearing significant implementation concerns from employers, according to the Washington Post. The Hill points […]

Less than a day after applying for asylum in Russia, NSA leaker Edward Snowden balked at a big condition placed on his request by Vladimir Putin: that he stopped hurting the U.S., reports the Washington Post. Meanwhile, The New York Times is reporting Putin resisted efforts by the U.S. to persuade the Russian government to […]