To Your Health: The Congressional Budget Office says the Senate health care bill would dump 22 million people off health insurance by 2026, a couple of million less that the estimate for the House Healthcare bill. The CBO says that …

Strategic Alliance: Fighting from their last trench, Ted Cruz and John Kasich announced last night that they are teaming up to deny the Republican presidential nomination to Donald Trump. It’s a rare political collusion, particularly for Cruz who has bitterly …

No Means No: House Speaker Paul Ryan called a press conference yesterday to say, don’t even think about it, he’s not going to step into the Republican nomination melee and declare himself a candidate for President. Sounding a bit like …

The Panama Papers: China is blocking news coverage and internet information about the Panama Papers, the massive leak of documents that have revealed the offshore financial dealings of the rich, the famous and a handful of people connected to the …

The Meaning of it All: The Republicans increasingly look as if they are headed for an open and contested convention this summer after Ted Cruz crushed Donald Trump 48-35 percent in the Wisconsin primary. Bernie Sanders badly beat Hillary Clinton …

Extreme: Al-Shabab Muslim extremists are threatening more attacks on Kenya after killing 148 people at Garissa University College this week. A statement attributed to al-Shabab says, “Kenyan cities will run red with blood.” The primary gunmen were killed, but authorities …

Jobs: Economic growth slowed in March with the addition of only 126,000 jobs to the workforce. Analysts blame brutal March weather and the drop in oil prices, which is killing jobs in the petroleum industry. The slowdown might cause the …

Germanwings: Investigators say the co-pilot of the crashed Germanwings airliner had recently been on the Internet researching suicide and the security of cockpit doors. A statement from investigators says, “During this time the user was searching for medical treatments, as …

The Airline Knew: Lufthansa Airlines revealed that it knew about co-pilot Andreas Lubitz’s previous bout with deep depression six years ago when he took a hiatus from flight school. Lufthansa owned the Germanwings jet that Lubitz is believed to have …

Indiana, Gary: The noise is growing louder over Indiana’s new “religious freedom” law, which is seen by critics across the country as a screen for discrimination against gays and lesbians. In addition to demonstrators in the streets, nine corporate bosses …