Commerce Secretary under investigation for felony hit and run.

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Obama clarifies remark about the private sector “doing fine”:

The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights on Friday voted to look into whether ‘stand your ground’ laws across the country are racially biased.

President Obama covered a lot of ground in his press conference today, but what’s sure to get the most attention is a claim he made about the health of the private economy. This is regarded as newsworthy because reporters recognize (correctly) that Republicans will use it out of context in attack ads.

Here’s the full quote: “The truth of the matter is that, as i said, we’ve created 4.3 million jobs over the last 27 months, over 800,000 just this year alone. The private sector is doing fine. Where we’re seeing weaknesses in our economy have to do with state and local government”

And, via Matt Yglesias, the data: Read More

President Obama, earlier:

We have mechanisms in place where if we can root out folks who have leaked they will suffer consequences

President Obama will make a statement on the economy from the White House briefing room at 10:15AM. He is expected to take questions.

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Jonathan Cohn: “Conservatives never liked left-wing, government-run solutions to problems like unaffordable health care and climate change. These days they don’t seem to like right-wing, market solutions, either.”

Sales of a new generation of electric cars have been slow, thanks in part to little public infrastructure yet supporting them, but there’s still been a sense that American auto companies’ second dance with EVs is something more permanent.

But could America’s booming natural gas business change all that?