800,000 Using HealthCare.gov Were Sent Incorrect Tax Data  —  WASHINGTON — About 800,000 taxpayers who enrolled in insurance policies through HealthCare.gov received erroneous tax information from the government, and were urged on Friday to hold off on filing tax returns until the error could be corrected.

What Rudy Giuliani knows about love — a response to his 'doesn't love America' critique of Obama  —  Rudy Giuliani knows a lot about love.  —  Ask Regina Peruggi, the second cousin he grew up with and married, who was “offended” when Rudy later engineered an annulment from the priest …

A Fire Bell in the Night  —  Dozing off as we pored through a raft of mostly meaningless polls this week, we were startled awake by one set of findings.  The CNN/ORC survey released February 18 was The Weekly Standard's own little fire bell in the night.  —  What, you surely ask, alarmed us so?

The POLITICO Caucus: Christie slips from first tier  —  In other findings, GOP insiders say a pro-immigration reform candidate can win, and Carly Fiorina impresses.  —  Twice as many early state insiders believe that New Jersey's credit downgrades are a bigger problem for Chris Christie's presidential hopes …

The Plot to Kill Health Care  —  Republicans hate activist judges — those black-robed elites who are willing to upset the lives of millions of people just to further a political cause.  Ditto trial lawyers trolling for clients, the ambulance-chasing, “Better Call Saul” guys.  They hate them, until they need them.

DHS intelligence report warns of domestic right-wing terror threat  —  Hunter: Terrorists crossed U.S. border  —  Story highlights  — Intelligence assessment focuses on domestic terror threat from right-wing sovereign citizen extremists  — Some law enforcement groups view domestic terror threat …

After MSNBC Axes Ronan Farrow and Joy Reid's Shows, Is Chris Hayes Next?  —  As its afternoon shows hosted by Ronan Farrow and Joy Reid are canceled due to poor ratings, MSNBC is reportedly planning to replace Chris Hayes with Rachel Maddow.  —  It was hardly a surprise Thursday …

Abolish the filibuster  —  I've been radicalized.  By Harry Reid and Barack Obama.  Goodbye moderation and sweet reason.  No more clinging to constitutional and procedural restraint.  It's time to go nuclear.  —  In the fourth quarter of his presidency, Obama unbound is abusing presidential authority …

Boston's Winter From Hell  —  CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — BY now you've seen the starkly beautiful shots of Boston buried under snow: the panoramic city under a white blanket; snowbanks so high they crest over parked cars; piercing icicles glinting for two full stories from gutters dammed with ice …

Cranking Up for 2016  —  Scott Walker, the governor of Wisconsin, is said to be a rising contender for the Republican presidential nomination.  So, on Wednesday, he did what, these days, any ambitious Republican must, and pledged allegiance to charlatans and cranks.

Obama Takes On Rand Paul For Just ‘Talking the Talk’ … President Obama delivered a rallying cry to Democrats at the party's winter meeting in Washington, D.C., today, urging an unabashed embrace of his economic record as they head into the 2016 campaign.  —  “We were told by our good friends …

Obama to seek emergency order restarting immigration programs  —  The Obama administration will seek an emergency court order to move forward with President Obama's executive action on immigration.  —  Officials at the Department of Justice (DOJ) plan to seek what is known as an emergency stay …

Ukraine: UK and EU ‘badly misread’ Russia  —  The UK and the EU have been accused of a “catastrophic misreading” of the mood in the Kremlin in the run-up to the crisis in Ukraine.  —  The House of Lords EU committee claimed Europe “sleepwalked” into the crisis.

Attacks on Koch brothers contributed to Democrats' midterms losses, party officials say … Democratic officials are second-guessing the party's obsession with attacking the Koch brothers, saying it bears some of the blame for last year's devastating election losses as the focus …

NYPD's idea of reform included breath mints and baby oil  —  Reform czar Michael Julian's odd ideas like breath mints for officers on the verge of cursing, got him reassigned after only two months.  —  Mayor de Blasio ordered sweeping reforms for the NYPD after the Eric Garner death …

Kim Jong Un has an amazing new haircut.  We have many, many questions.  —  North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un debuted a new haircut — and a new ... eyebrowcut? — at a politburo meeting on Wednesday.  The style is a variation on Kim's signature shaved sides, but with the top now sculpted into a high …