Reason Morning Links: Baucus Bill Faces Committee Vote, More Troops in Afghanistan, Fighting With Fox

Radley Balko | 10.13.2009 8:56 AM

• The White House spars with Fox News.
• Senate Finance Committee to vote on Baucus health care bill today.
• Regulators, private firms take aim at payday lenders.
• Obama quietly increases troop deployments to Afghanistan by another 13,000.
• Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson gets in touch with his inner jingo.

Radley Balko is a journalist at The Washington Post.