Obamacare critics: Homina, homina, homina  —  Back in the fall, conservatives seized on the flubbed Obamacare rollout as proof that President Barack Obama's brand of liberalism doesn't work.  —  Now, the law's opponents aren't about to say that critique was wrong — but they've lost the best evidence they had.

Release Detail  —  April 2, 2014 - Obama Approval Inches Up, Tied With Putin As Leader, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Voters Say Putin Is Not Hitler, But Fear Military Action  —  Watch Video: Assistant Director Tim Malloy discusses poll results

Ted Cruz Has Reportedly Landed A Richer Book Deal Than Palin  —  Ted Cruz is about to get Sarah Palin money for his book deal.  —  In fact, the Washington Examiner reports that Cruz's deal with HarperCollins to write a “personal memoir about his controversial days in Washington and his vision …

Councilwoman Bowser defeats incumbent Gray in D.C. mayoral primary  —  Muriel E. Bowser, a low-key but politically canny District lawmaker, won the Democratic mayoral nomination Tuesday, emerging from a pack of challengers in a low-turnout primary to deny scandal-tarnished incumbent Vincent C. Gray a second term.

Supreme Court Strikes Down Aggregate Limits on Federal Campaign Contributions  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a major campaign finance decision, striking down limits on federal campaign contributions for the first time.  The ruling, issued near the start of a campaign season …

Bush vets back in action  —  Bush veterans are striking back.  —  Senior officials from former President George W. Bush's administration are wading into the fight over the Republican Party's direction and future.  —  In conversations with The Hill, many White House alumni …

Exclusive: Watch Donald Rumsfeld Lie About Saddam Hussein, al-Qaeda, and 9/11  —  In a new doc, the former Defense Secretary says he never meant to imply that Saddam was behind 9/11—despite the implications that the Iraqi dictator and al-Qaeda were in cahoots.

My Own Final Four Bracket For America's Future  —  Holy Moly!  Are you kidding?  You'd think one who is representing the mighty Badgers, who made it to the Final Four based on sacrificial work ethic and discipline that obviously pays off in the end, he who represents the great state …

Newly Enrolled, but Not Counted by Insurance Exchanges  —  Millions of newly insured people are hiding in plain sight.  —  They are the people who have bought new health insurance since the start of this year but have chosen for one reason or another to bypass the state and federal exchanges …

Mississippi legislature approves ‘turn away the gays’ bill  —  The Mississippi legislature has approved a “turn away the gay” bill.  (Photo by Chuck Kelly; courtesy Creative Commons)  —  The Mississippi legislature approved late Tuesday a “turn away the gays” measure that would enable businesses …

GM avoided defective switch redesign in 2005 to save a dollar each  —  (Reuters) - General Motors Co in 2005 decided not to change an ignition switch eventually linked to the deaths of at least 13 people because it would have added about a dollar to the cost of each car …

Hobby Lobby's Hypocrisy: The Company's Retirement Plan Invests in Contraception Manufacturers  —  When Hobby Lobby filed its case against Obamacare's contraception mandate, its retirement plan had more than $73 million invested in funds with stakes in contraception makers.

Cochran touts ‘100 votes’ against ObamaCare  —  Facing a tough primary fight, Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) launched a new ad that touts his positions on three bread-and-butter conservative issues: Guns, abortion and ObamaCare.  —  In the ad, a narrator declares there's “only one candidate for U.S. Senate” …

What Can Educators do to End White Supremacy in the Classroom?  —  Highlights from the National White Privilege Conference in Madison  —  MacIver Institute Director of Communications  —  [Madison, Wisc...] The city of Madison hosted the 15th annual national White Privilege Conference …

Is the American Middle Class Losing Out to China and India?  —  President Obama may be right: free trade is a winning strategy that will lower consumer costs and expand employment in exporting industries.  —  “When 98 percent of our exporters are small businesses, new trade partnerships …

Want medical insurance?  Get in line.  —  In a way it's the oddest bit of ObamaCare propaganda we've seen so far.  “This Is What an #ACASurge Looks Like” was the title of a Saturday post on the White House Blog by senior communications adviser Tara McGuinness.