Reason Morning Links: Obama Budget Projects Record Deficit, White House Wants Overhaul of NCLB, Cold Meds May Soon Require a Prescription

Radley Balko | 2.1.2010 8:20 AM

• Obama unveils $3.8 trillion budget, with $1.56 trillion deficit.
• White House plans major overhaul of No Child Left Behind.
• Many states now considering requiring a prescription for cold medication with pseudoephedrine.
• GOP sets sights on Obama's old Senate seat.
• Female suicide bomber kills 41 in Baghdad.
• Congress to review "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" this week.

Radley Balko is a journalist at The Washington Post.