World Wants Obama's Hands Off the Internet's Off Switch
President Obama's recently signed executive order outlining emergency control of the Internet didn't get much attention in the U.S. but it's spooking foreign journalists.
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President Obama's recently signed executive order outlining emergency control of the Internet didn't get much attention in the U.S. but it's spooking foreign journalists.
After 32 votes to repeal President Obama's health care reform bill, Democrats and Republicans are out of fresh talking points on the law. But worry not: you can never run out of strained pop culture references.
Democratic Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. has been gone for a month and nobody knows where he is or what's wrong with him. Here are four of the leading theories for his disappearance.
Egypt is embroiled in a volatile power struggle and there's no telling who will back down.
If ever there was evidence of a higher education bubble, it's the promulgation of college courses and scholarly research devoted to the study of Stephen Colbert.
In today's tour of state-sponsored propaganda: China pooh-poohs democracy, the BBC gets in the hacking business and Syria flexes its muscles.
Thanks to a report in today's New York Times, we know cell phone companies are besieged with requests for phone records from the U.S. government. But who's answering all those requests?
In a rare interview with German TV, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad dismissed the idea that he and Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi have anything in common, but we can help him think of at least a few things.
At the Aspen Ideas Festival, we're asking the jet-setting attendees one big question a day. Today: Forget about great ideas, tell us a stupid idea.
At the Aspen Ideas Festival, we're asking the jet-setting attendees one big question a day. Today: What's the most misunderstood aspect about your job?
At the Aspen Ideas Festival, we're asking the jet-setting attendees one big question a day. Today: What's your most embarrassing experience?
At the Aspen Ideas Festival, we're asking the gathered range of financial and political jet-setters one big question a day. Today: How does the Supreme Court's decision to uphold Obamacare alter the legacy of Chief Justice John Roberts?
Senator Lindsey Graham would like you to believe he's outraged about a recent spate of high level leaks because they jeopardize our national security. Turns out, that's not really his primary concern.
The outcomes of Supreme Court cases are notoriously difficult to predict, but that hasn't stopped some of the top legal minds in the country from venturing educated guesses as to how the high court will rule on the Affordable Care Act.
For the last year, Rep. Darrell Issa has masterfully sustained the media hype surrounding his cause celebre Operation Fast and Furious, but at the final crucial moment, the vote to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt this week, he's setting himself up for a media blackout.
In today's tour of state-sponsored propaganda: Iran cheers the end of a computer virus, paywalls give an unexpected boost to state-run newspapers and America's propaganda arms faces a setback in Iraq.
When Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz revamped her hairdo in April, our commenters bristled at the ensuing headlines: "Can't wait for a similar story about a man's grooming." Turns out, they were right: The Democrat's curly locks were dramatically-overplayed!
The Supreme Court did not hand down its decision on Obamacare today but it did reveal clues about how it views federal power.
It's the biggest event in politics this summer and we've got your guide to watching it unfurl.
In today's tour of state-sponsored propaganda: China tells Burma democracy isn't that great, Saudi Arabia funds propaganda in Syria, and American propagandists lose work.
Neighborly relations between Syria and Turkey were already deteriorating, and now Syria has downed a Turkish war plane, according to reports.
NBC News is getting hammered in two of the country's biggest newspapers and former Keith Olbermann, who went to war with NBC two employer fights ago, couldn't be happier.
It's a nerve-rattling Friday for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange as his last chance for freedom hangs precariously in the balance.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
Investors are licking their wounds following Moody's downgrade of 15 of the biggest banks in the world on Thursday afternoon, especially since the hit coincided with the Dow closing down 250 points, bringing the second-worst trading day of 2012. Why did Moody's do it?
Is there anything more terrifying (to a guy, at least) than a pack of determined males trying to cut off part of your penis? In the southern Ugandan town of Mbale, where a non-coercive circumcision campaign aimed at reducing HIV transmission has metastatized into forced circumcisions, that nightmare scenario is a reality.
If your friends gave you $376,000 to stay out of jail, the least you might want to do is drop a hint that you're skipping town. But none such courtesies were extended to Julian Assange's donors such as Michael Moore, who now face losing all the bail money they posted for the WikiLeaks founder.
In the word's of Bono, the Supreme Court's ruling on FCC v. Fox was "effing brilliant!" Today, the Supreme Court thew out fines against Fox and other broadcasters by the Federal Communications Commission for fleeting expletives or nudity on TV. Meanwhile, its much anticipated Obamacare ruling won't be coming down today.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
In what appears to be the first defection of its kind, a Syrian fighter pilot has landed at a military base in neighboring Jordan Thursday and has requested asylum, according to Jordanian officials.
Publicly, the Obama administration opposes "further militarization" of the conflict in Syria. Covertly, the CIA is helping direct powerful weapons purchased by Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar to Syrian opposition fighters.
Here's a novel way of fighting the drug war: Allow the government to sell weed directly to citizens and use the profits to rehabilite addicts.
In a modest bid to kickstart the economy, Fed chief Ben Bernanke is expanding a Federal Reserve program called "Operation Twist," which is aimed at reducing unemployment by lowering interest rates, by selling $267 billion worth of short-term bonds to purchase longer-term debt.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
This morning, Julian Assange is surrounded by London police who want to arrest him and fawning fans who wants to defend him, but there's no easy way out for the WikiLeaks founder.
It's only been a few years since one of the country's worst financial collapses destroyed the economy but already, the regulatory apparatus designed to prevent another such a catastrophe is being gutted by House Republicans.
World leaders may have twisted Angela Merkel's arm into submission.
Held under house arrest but celebrated as a truth teller, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange followed the lead of Chen Guangcheng today as he sought political asylum in Ecuador's embassy in London.
You'd think it would be a humbling setting: After posting $2 billion in trading losses, JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon stood before House lawmakers today to explain the trail of wreckage his bank left.
Decrying polarization is the everyone's favorite game in Washington, but in the case of the Supreme Court, it's statistically measurable.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
In a revelation that should make the Joe Weisenthals of the world listless and desultory, NPR's Adam Davidson wants you to know something about the monthly media bonanza over the federal government jobs report: It's a sham.
In today's tour of state-sponsored propaganda: lady astronauts have it hard, Egypt TV smears Tahrir Square activists and Saudi Arabia mourns the death of a crown prince.
Some call it a military coup, others call it the death of the Arab Spring but however you want to label it, the sweeping new constitutional powers obtained by Egypt's ruling military is a troubling development.
Hold your horses, people: The Supreme Court will not hand down a decision on the constitutionality of Obamacare today, contrary to speculation earlier this morning.
It's the biggest diplomatic event of the week and it's going to be awkward.
The Justice Department investigation into who leaked national security secrets hasn't even started yet and most experts say it will drag on for months but a rising chorus of conservatives think they've got their man: national security adviser Tom Donilon.
One measly year: That's the only thing standing in the way of Jose Antonio Vargas being granted a work permit to safely live in the U.S. under the new immigration rules announced today.
By most human accounts, Sweden's latest social experiment of letting random Swedes control the country's official Twitter account has been a bit of disaster after of Sonja Abrahamsson, a topless-appearing 27-year-old shared her curiosity about Jews. But if you ask number-crunching robots, it's been a huge success.
The happy partnership between Germany and France on the European debt crisis turned unmistakably sour this morning.
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