Politics


Daily Briefing for July 5, 2012

Hello, and welcome to the Daily Briefing for July 5, 2012. Now today our top stories are: Rep. Jesse Jackson is more seriously I’ll than previously thought Mitt Romney may be restaffing Mitt Romney says the individual mandate is a tax. Now it’s time for our Short and Sweet Stories, […]


Daily Briefing For July 1, 2012

Hello and welcome to the Daily Briefing for July 1, 2012. Now today our top stories are: President Obama intends to scale down drug war in second term. Rupert Murdoch tweets himself into trouble. President Obama leads Mitt Romney by three percentage points nationally. Now it’s time for our Short […]


Republicans Seize On Individual Mandate As Tax

Yesterday’s ruling by the Supreme Court saved President Obama’s healthcare law, but gave Republicans new ammo. Chief Justice Roberts wrote in his opinion that the individual mandate is a tax, which Republicans dislike. As do most Americans. Republicans have often campaigned that Obamacare included taxes, but now they have the […]


Daily Briefing: Supreme Choice

Editor’s Note: The video version was recorded, but there was no audio. Hello, and welcome to a special edition of Daily Briefing, Daily Briefing: Supreme Choice. Now today the Supreme Court upheld President Obama’s signature domestic policy law, the Affordable Care Act. Chief Justice John Roberts was the swing vote, […]