TMB: White House Kills Iran Sanctions‏

White House Kills Iran Sanctions
By Adam KredoHouse lawmakers are lashing out at their Senate counterparts over the upper chamber’s failure to pass tighter Iran sanctions before Congress recesses.




White House: Iranian Ballistic Missile Test Not a Deal Killer
By Adam KredoThe White House says that an Iranian ballistic missile test would not invalidate a recently signed nuclear accord meant to temporarily halt some of Iran’s most controversial nuclear work.

Lines Blur Between Eldridge Business and Campaign
By Lachlan MarkayDemocrat Sean Eldridge is making large investments in Hudson Valley businesses, but some say his venture capital firm acts as a de facto political operation designed to boost his congressional campaign.



Feds Spend $224,250 to Change How Kids Order Food
By Elizabeth HarringtonThe National Institutes of Health is spending over $224,000 to study how to introduce healthy child menus in an effort to alter the “ordering behavior” of kids in restaurants.




Supreme Court to Hear Republican Senators in Separation of Powers Case
By Bill McMorrisThe Supreme Court will allow Senate Republicans to participate in oral arguments in the National Labor Relations Board recess appointment case, a maneuver that several legal experts suggested could tilt the scales against the Obama administration.

Awards Season: Exhilarating, Annoying
By Sonny BunchOver at Pajiba, Daniel Carlson unleashed a broadside against “awards season,” the end of the year barrage of prestige pictures and Oscar frontrunners that gets film critics wrapped up in the Academy Awards and convinces us to treat the Oscars as if they have more significance than any other trade awards show.


MSNBC: ‘Dismal Political Year’ for White House

By WFB StaffChuck Todd, Chief White House Correspondent, and Robert Gibbs, President Obama’s former Press Secretary, discussed the President’s recent ratings dip with Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC Wednesday afternoon.