FIRST LOOK: Jobless benefits end for two million Americans
Welcome to First Look, a daily roundup of early-bird news:
• Jobless benefits for millions of Americans expired after the Senate failed to extend them yesterday. (ABC News)
• Wikileaks' Julian Assange is on Interpol's most wanted list. (CNN)
• Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid filed for cloture in order to block a GOP filibuster on the DREAM Act immigration bill yesterday--but it's still unclear if he has the 60 votes needed to cut off debate. (The Washington Post)
• New York Times economics reporter David Leonhardt thinks a millionaire tax is a reasonable and politically palatable way to reduce the deficit. (The New York Times)
• The Senate is probing "mini-med" plans--health insurance programs with very low yearly benefit caps used by McDonald's and other retail employers. (Politico)
• A federal judge in Virginia has dismissed a challenge to the new health care law. (AP)
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