On the Staten Island Decision  —  Several news organizations have reported that a New York grand jury in Staten Island has voted against indicting Daniel Pantaleo, a New York City police officer, in the choking death of Eric Garner.  The decision is to be announced officially on Thursday.

Pelosi flexes muscle in closed budget meeting  —  With the government set to shut down in a week, Nancy Pelosi is flexing her muscles.  —  In a closed Democratic whip meeting Thursday morning, the House minority leader warned Democrats not to rush to support the Republican efforts to fund …

GOP to rebuke Obama on immigration  —  House Republicans are poised Thursday to rebuke President Obama for acting alone to change the immigration system despite concerns from conservatives that their vote will be largely symbolic.  —  Rep. Ted Yoho's (R-Fla.) bill would prevent the executive branch …

Feds Find Shocking, Systemic Brutality, Incompetence In Cleveland Police Department  —  WASHINGTON — In recent years, Cleveland police officers have punched a 13-year-old boy who was in handcuffs for shoplifting and shot at an unarmed kidnapping victim who was wearing only his underwear …

Frank Foer, Leon Wieseltier out at TNR  —  Franklin Foer and Leon Wieseltier, the top two editors at The New Republic, have just quit amid an editorial shakeup, sources there told POLITICO on Thursday.  —  Gabriel Snyder, a Bloomberg Media editor who previously served at The Atlantic Wire, has been tapped to replace Foer as editor.

Phoenix police: Suspect unarmed when killed by officer  —  The facts surrounding Rumain Brisbon's death — the ones that could be agreed upon as of Wednesday evening — follow a narrative familiar to a nation still reeling from the racially charged police incidents in Ferguson, Mo., New York City and elsewhere.

Would You Please Click Here to Order John Boehner Some New Balls?  —  I guess Barack Obama took John Boehner's balls because Boehner is playing with the President's balls instead of his own.  —  That's sad.  I mean, think about this.  For the last three months, the GOP actively campaigned …

Navy rescinds Cosby's honorary title  —  The U.S. Navy is revoking Bill Cosby's honorary title of chief petty officer, the service announced Thursday.  —  “The Navy is taking this action because allegations against Mr. Cosby are very serious and are in conflict with the Navy's core values of honor …

Missouri white students told not to take part in Ferguson ‘die-in’ demonstration  —  Columbia, MO. — Organizers of a recent Ferguson protest at the University of Missouri requested “only people of color” take part in the event's “die-in,” one element of a larger demonstration that prompted …

Jenna Bush Admits to “Hanky Panky” on the White House Roof  —  America's favorite tipsy Bush twin Jenna Bush Hager went on Andy Cohen's Watch What Happens Live last night and was predictably great (sorry Barb).  When asked if she ever fooled around in the White House, Jen admitted she engaged in some …

The Pernicious Effects of Gerrymandering  —  If the Supreme Court decides to stop letting voters take control of the redistricting process away from partisan legislators, polarization can only get worse.  —  Almost invariably, whenever I speak about our polarized politics, the first or second question I get is about redistricting.

Woman arrested for U.S. mother's Abu Dhabi mall murder in dramatic raid on home packed with explosives after she 'planted a bomb outside American doctor's apartment' in dual terror attack  — Police have arrested an Emirati woman ‘for stabbing American teacher Ibolya Ryan, 47, to death in a mall restroom on Reem Island on Monday’

4 New Studies Show Obamacare Is Working Incredibly Well  —  Great law, or great<em>est</em> law?  —  Shares  —  A week ago, Sen. Charles Schumer said his party made a political mistake by passing the Affordable Care Act rather than some unspecified economic measure.