With much of his legislative agenda stalled in Congress, President Obama and his team are preparing an array of actions using his executive power to advance energy, environmental, fiscal and other domestic policy priorities.
Mr. Obama has not given up hope of progress on Capitol Hill, aides said, and has scheduled a session with Republican leaders on health care later this month. But in the aftermath of a special election in Massachusetts that cost Democrats unilateral control of the Senate, the White House is getting ready to act on its own in the face of partisan gridlock heading into the midterm campaign.
Stephan Thernstrom, Leading Critic of Affirmative Action, Dies at 90
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A prizewinning historian, he, along and his wife, Abigail, was a
conservative opponent of racial preferences, favoring school choice and
voucher programs i...
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