Last week, when the White House and Congressional Democrats agreed to provide the FAA the flexibility under sequestration to avoid air traffic controller furloughs, I argued that they’d crossed one of their own bright lines, and thus made a serious tactical error.

Here’s some evidence to support that view. Read More

Sports isn’t normally a big part of our coverage. But where it intersects with major issues in our society that changes. A number of former players from major league sports have come out over the years. But today NBA center Jason Collins became the first major leaguer to come out while an active player in the sport.

Here are responses from the White House, Bill Clinton, Joe Kennedy and Kobe Bryant. We’ll be collecting responses over the course of the day in LiveWire.