Rep. Weiner Used Congressional Gym As Backdrop  —  Rep. Anthony Weiner took numerous photos of himself — clothed and partially nude — at the House Members Gym and sent them to at least one woman ... raising questions about whether he used Congressional resources in his online exploits.

‘Trig will be a joy’: Sarah Palin plays God in touching email about her unborn son's Down's Syndrome  —  Sarah Palin ‘played God’ in a deeply touching email she wrote two weeks before her fifth child, Trig, was born with Down's Syndrome, it was revealed today.

GOPers weigh in on candidate attributes  —  This is the kind of poll that should be pretty discouraging to Jon Huntsman, Newt Gingrich, and Rudy Giuliani. … This part of the poll was less about individual candidates, and more about candidate attributes.  Respondents were told …

Gabrielle Giffords photographs released  —  PHOENIX — Two photos of a smiling Rep. Gabrielle Giffords were released early Sunday by her office, her hair shorn short but few other telling signs of her gunshot wound to the head.  —  The Facebook photos, the first clear snapshots of Giffords since …

Santorum: Doctors Providing Abortions To Rape And Incest Victims Should Be Criminally Charged  —  Appearing on NBC's Meet the Press this morning, former Senator and GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum offered two stunningly maximalist positions on abortion — abortion should be flatly banned …

Police ‘covered up’ violent campaign to turn London area ‘Islamic’  —  Police have been accused of “covering up” a campaign of abuse, threats and violence aimed at “Islamicising” an area of London.  —  Victims say that officers in the borough of Tower Hamlets have ignored or downplayed outbreaks …

Open, and Revolting, Anti-Obama Racism at Fox  —  This is psychologically fascinating: The mind of Fox Business host Eric Bolling, when confronted with images of President Obama meeting with Gabon's president, Ali Bongo, instantly recalls other black people who have met with President Obama …

It's the Health Care Costs, Stupid  —  I've already written about Joe Lieberman's very bad, no good idea of raising the Medicare eligibility age.  Austin Frakt and Aaron Carroll show that it's even worse than I thought: Americans near 65 who don't have good health insurance delay needed treatment …

Obama Somehow Gets in Some Golf  —  I know this will be surprising to everyone, but the president has gone golfing.  —  This is the last chance for him to practice before next week's smackdown with House Speaker Boehner.  The foursome will also include Vice President Biden and John Kasich, Ohio's Republican governor.

Syrian Troops Retake Control of Rebellious Town in North  —  CAIRO — Syrian troops retook control of a rebellious northern town on Sunday, smashing what remained of an armed uprising after thousands of residents fled into neighboring Turkey, barely escaping a force backed by tanks and helicopter gunships …

U.S. Underwrites Internet Detour Around Censors  —  The Obama administration is leading a global effort to deploy “shadow” Internet and mobile phone systems that dissidents can use to undermine repressive governments that seek to silence them by censoring or shutting down telecommunications networks.