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Job openings for December. JOLTS report.

No increase in hiring in November

Joseph Lawler · January 17, 2014 5:00 am

Although the quality of care in the U.S. is high, it is not meaningfully higher than that of its industrialized peers. For the common conditions that affect 98 percent of the population, the quality of care in Australia, Germany or Sweden is America's equal. (Photo: Thinkstock)

A conservative case for universal coverage

Avik Roy · January 17, 2014 5:00 am

The Treasury Department just announced it will delay a coverage mandate for companies with 50 to 99 employees for a year. And liberals who grouse about the anarchic tendencies of grassroots conservatives will be prepared to rationalize why this news is not only unavoidable but great for Americans. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Prices drop when health consumers shop around

William H Frist · January 17, 2014 5:00 am

Washington Secrets

Let’s Move! Cases of bubbly arrive at White House before Michelle Obama’s 50th party

Paul Bedard · January 16, 2014 5:00 am

Washington, D.C., has plenty of buldings and people, but it doesn't have many farms, or farmers. Yet thousands of residents in and around the nation's capital receive millions of dollars every year in federal farm subsidies. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Millions in farm subsidies flow freely to DC residents who don’t actually farm

Susan Ferrechio · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

Afghan farmers collect raw opium as they work in a poppy field in Khogyani district of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

Drug trade threatens to undermine U.S. efforts in Afghanistan, inspector general warns

Michal Conger · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

Really, King? Newlywed LeBron James seen soliciting woman’s number — at White House

Paul Bedard · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

Infographic: D.C. farm subsidy recipients

Infographic: D.C. farm subsidy recipients

Washington Examiner · January 15, 2014 5:00 am

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Anthony Kennedy turns moderation into power

Sean Lengell · January 10, 2014 5:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Chris Christie’s press conference explained with quotes from ‘The Godfather’

Charlie Spiering · January 10, 2014 5:00 am

Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy’s key votes

Sean Lengell · January 10, 2014 5:00 am

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks during a news conference at the Statehouse in Trenton, N.J., on Thursday. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Will budding bridge scandal end Chris Christie’s presidential hopes?

Rebecca Berg · January 9, 2014 5:00 am