- President Obama was at Costco
shilling for a higher minimum wage, a policy that would give
the store an advantage over its much smaller competitors. - A top Senate Republican, Jeff Sessions of Alabama,
sent a package to all 232 Republican members of the House
rebutting possible arguments against the immigration reform effort
in Congress. - 50 percent of doctors and patients consult Wikipedia,
according to a new report from a healthcare institute. - A Brooklyn school
discontinued its gifted program over concerns about lack of
“diversity.” - Scarlet Johansson has stepped
down as an ambassador for Oxfam after an outcry from some over
her relationship with an Israeli soda company that operates a
factory in the West Bank. - The United Kingdom and France are teaming up to
develop a new generation of killer drones.
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