The NYC Cop Who Strangled Eric Garner to Death Is Free Thanks to a Legal Flaw.  Here's How Voters Can Fix It.  —  Many of the people who took umbrage at the public outcry over a St. Louis County grand jury's decision not to indict Darren Wilson—the now-former police officer who killed Michael Brown …

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

INVESTIGATION: LENA DUNHAM ‘RAPED BY A REPUBLICAN’ STORY IN BESTSELLER COLLAPSES UNDER SCRUTINY  —  In her just-released memoir, Not That Kind of Girl, Lena Dunham describes her alma mater, Oberlin College, as “a liberal arts haven in the cornfields of Ohio.”

House Democrats are pranking one another with a cardboard Ronald Reagan cutout  —  (CNN) — The Gipper is back on Capitol Hill, and this time, he's hanging with the Democrats.  —  Two House Democrats have stood proudly this week in front of a cardboard cut-out of the late Republican President …

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 …

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’

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.

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 …

Rahm Emanuel Doesn't Miss Washington  —  Rahm Emanuel (Chris Maddaloni/CQ Roll Call File Photo)  —  Rahm Emanuel isn't longing for a return to Washington anytime soon.  —  CQ Roll Call spotted the Chicago mayor and former chief of staff to President Barack Obama after he cleared security at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.