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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Obama declares major disaster in Oklahoma after devastating tornado.

Michael Barone

Published: Tue, May 21, 2013

Would you like to have a "skinny" health insurance policy? Probably not. But if you're employed by a large company you may get one, thanks to Obamacare. That's the conclusion of Wall Street Journal reporters Christopher Weaver and Anna Wilde Mathews. They report that insurance brokers are...

Craig Stouffer

Updated: Mon, May 20, 2013

Wizards could fall as far as eleventh pick Wizards president Ernie Grunfeld's preferred refrain when it comes to the NBA Draft goes something like this: "We can only choose the players that are available to us." Unless the Wizards make a rare jump forward when the winners of the 2013 NBA...

Thom Loverro

Updated: Mon, May 20, 2013

When Ryan Zimmerman complained to reporters about the official scorer giving him an error on a ninth-inning throw in Friday night's 6-5 extra-inning win by the Washington Nationals over the San Diego Padres, he didn't mention Mike Schmidt. He didn't use George Brett or Chipper Jones to make his...

Kevin Dunleavy

Updated: Mon, May 20, 2013

Woods wants to keep tourney in Bethesda Promoting the upcoming AT&T National Monday at Congressional, Tiger Woods saved the best for last. Concerning his recent tiff with Sergio Garcia in the Players Championship, Woods was asked if he would attempt to contact Garcia at some point as a...

Byron York

Published: Mon, May 20, 2013

Until now, most press coverage of the Benghazi matter has focused on the administration's misleading talking points explaining the attack on the U.S. facility in Libya. But just beneath the surface is the investigation into a potentially more explosive part of the Benghazi story: Whether the...

Matt Connolly

Published: Mon, May 20, 2013

District Mayor Vincent Gray announced Monday that 16 former public school buildings would be made available for public charters and other community organizations to use.

Michael Barone

Updated: Mon, May 20, 2013

The excellent Anne Applebaum has a fine article in the New York Review of Books, reviewing Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg’s “Lean In” and Hanna Rosin’s “The Rise of Women and the End of Men.” It makes several interesting points and is definitely worth reading in...

Tim Talley

Updated: Mon, May 20, 2013

MOORE, Okla. (AP) — A monstrous tornado as much as a mile wide roared through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, flattening entire neighborhoods, setting buildings on fire and landing a direct blow on an elementary school. There were no immediate reports of injuries or deaths, but the storm...

Gene Healy

Published: Mon, May 20, 2013

You may be appalled about IRS inquisitions for Tea Party groups and dragnet subpoenas for investigative reporters, but what's really outrageous, according to some commentators, is that a couple of Republicans recently dared to use the "I-word" -- "impeachment."