Ahmadinejad Re-Elected; Protests Flare  —  TEHRAN — The Iranian government declared an outright election victory for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Saturday morning, and riot police officers fought with supporters of the opposition candidate, Mir Hussein Moussavi, who insisted that the election had been stolen.

US ‘kept Guantanamo deal from UK’  —  The US made a secret deal with Bermuda - a British overseas territory - to accept the Uighur detainees  —  A senior US official has told the BBC Washington decided not to tell London ahead of time about a deal to resettle four Guantanamo detainees in Bermuda.

WHEN DESPERATION GETS UGLY.... The conservative drive to connect violent right-wing extremist James von Brunn, who murdered a guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum this week, to the American left continues to confound.  Dave Weigel had a terrific report on this yesterday, including this gem:

Obama plan to pay for health reform  —  President Barack Obama says he's now found savings that will pay almost all the costs of a massive overhaul of America's health care system.  —  Obama on Saturday is announcing an additional $313 billion in new proposed savings that he says would bring …

Blogger's baby was a hoax  —  Woman captivates thousands in anti-abortion movement with false story of difficult pregnancy  —  Beccah Beushausen photographed near her home, Wednesday, June 10, 2009.  (David Pierini / Chicago Tribune / June 10, 2009)  —  The unmarried mother's story …

A Nation Of Law  —  Lars Thorwald has a strong post on why Obama's DOJ brief in defense of DOMA is in fact a keeping of a promise: to restore the rule of law after eight years of abuse.  I take every point he makes.  Read the whole thing.  —  After this back-and-forth today …

Bush Lawyer Ordered to Testify  —  A federal judge has ruled that John Yoo, a former Bush administration lawyer who wrote crucial memorandums justifying harsh interrogation techniques, will have to answer in court to accusations that his work led to a prisoner's being tortured and deprived of his constitutional rights.

Clinton: U.S. Monitoring Iran's Election Results  —  U.S. analysts find it “not credible” that Mir Hossein Mousavi would have lost the balloting in his hometown, or that a third candidate, Mehdi Karoubi, would have received less than 1 percent of the total vote, a senior U.S. official told FOX News.

US cities may have to be bulldozed in order to survive  —  Dozens of US cities may have entire neighbourhoods bulldozed as part of drastic “shrink to survive” proposals being considered by the Obama administration to tackle economic decline.  —  The government looking at expanding …

Mark Steyn: The smothering embrace of nanny government  —  A society of adults-turned-children cannot survive.  —  Recommend  —  Willie Whitelaw, a genial old buffer who served as Margaret Thatcher's deputy for many years, once accused the Labour Party of going around Britain stirring up apathy.

A.P. in Deal to Deliver Nonprofits' Journalism  —  Four nonprofit groups devoted to investigative journalism will have their work distributed by The Associated Press, The A.P. will announce on Saturday, greatly expanding their potential audience and helping newspapers fill the gap left by their own shrinking resources.

Will the House Progressive Caucus Vote Against Health Reform?  An Interview With Rep. Lynn Woolsey.  —  The theory in health-care reform has been, thus far, that Democrats need to worry about votes on their right flank.  But California Rep. Lynn Woolsey, chair of the 80-member House Progressive Caucus …

Gay Rights Groups Irate After Obama Administration Lauds Defense Of Marriage Act  —  As a presidential candidate, Barack Obama claimed “we need to fully repeal the Defense of Marriage Act,” which says states are not required to recognize other states' same-sex marriages.  —  That was then.