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» U.S. hones in on homegrown ISIS threat
The top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee says at least one foreign fighter for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria has already traveled in and out of the United States before committing a suicide bombing overseas.
» Congress may adjourn this week
Before adjourning, both chambers must pass a stopgap funding bill that includes a provision authorizing President Obama to arm and equip Syrian rebels in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
» Timothy P. Carney: If Republicans take Congress, they could wage war on crony capitalism
If Republicans decide that they really believe in all that free-market talk, and they train their sights on corporate welfare, they’ll find a target-rich environment.
» Tobacco pulls Left to defend states’ rights
Democrats and liberal activists have added a new argument to their litany of complaints against the Trans-Pacific Partnership; that an international trade deal being negotiated by the White House would hurt states’ rights.
» House energy votes double as post-election wish list for Republicans
House Republicans are voting on a package of energy bills, despite a veto threat from the White House and roadblocks in the Senate, in the hopes that after November the congressional calculus will change.
» Editorial: Yet another Obamacare broken promise
In five states (Connecticut, Hawaii, New Jersey, Rhode Island, and Vermont), every single insurance plan subsidized under Obamacare includes elective abortion coverage.
» Five questions about W.H. Ebola push
The president will face many challenges in fighting the virus, including whether there’s enough money for it and whether other world crises will overshadow Ebola.
» Byron York: Another small sign the 2016 GOP race is insanely wide open
Everybody knows there is no real leader in the race for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination. But ask voters an open-ended question — Whom do you want to be the nominee? — and the range of answers can be breathtaking..
» Democrats claim latest House Benghazi panel just a GOP ‘fishing expedition’
Republicans say the committee, chaired by Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., is needed because administration officials haven’t been forthcoming when previously called before Congress to explain what led to the 2012 attack.
» Watchdog: Medicare’s right hand doesn’t know what its left hand pays for cancer drugs
Officials in charge of Medicare Part B paid $132.9 million in dispensing and supplying fees for drugs and equipment used in certain cancer treatments, according to the Department of Health and Human Services Inspector General Daniel Levinson.
» Op-Ed: Arming ‘moderates’: a cautionary tale
America’s short-sighted misadventure in Libya should haunt the debate in Washington as it considers arming rebels to fight the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.
