John Quincy Adams a Founding Father?  Michele Bachmann Says Yes  —  On the heels of her official entry into the Presidential campaign in Iowa yesterday, Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann came to “GMA” today.  I gave her the opportunity to clear up some of her past statements that caused Chris Wallace …

House Democrats feel jilted by the president in budget, debt talks  —  House Democrats feel like jilted lovers.  —  They're looking down Pennsylvania Avenue for some sign of affection from President Obama in the White House.  But all they feel they're getting in return is the back of his hand.

Michele Bachmann's thin legislative résumé  —  Rep. Michele Bachmann is surging in the GOP presidential polls and barnstorming Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, but as she sprints toward the front of the Republican pack, there's a major hole in her political résumé: legislation.

Weiner horning in on successor race  —  His ego has no bounds.  —  In a dazzling display of arrogance, disgraced former Congressman Anthony Weiner is trying to insert himself back into politics — calling power brokers and would-be candidates for his old seat, hoping they'll let him play …

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Appears, Stands Before Houston Crowd  —  This, most recent photo of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords since she was shot, was posted to her public Facebook page by her aides Sunday morning June 12, 2011.  The photo was taken May 17, 2011 at TIRR Memorial Hermann Hospital …

President, GOP hopefuls descend on Iowa as pivotal straw poll draws near  —  With a key test of the GOP presidential field just over a month and a half away, candidates are descending on Iowa this week to sharpen their appeal to voters in the first caucus state.

Convener in Chief  —  This is a column about management styles.  What sort of leader can get things done in an age of austerity?  —  Our first case study is what you might call the Straight Up the Middle Approach.  When Chris Christie ran for governor of New Jersey, he campaigned bluntly on the need to reduce the state's debt.

Two top Herman Cain staffers resign  —  Washington (CNN) - Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's New Hampshire state director, his only staffer in the state, as well as a Cain campaign regional director have both resigned.  —  Matt Murphy is the former state director and Jim Zeiler is the former regional director.

Brooklyn Hasid charged with felony hate crime after attacking ‘f—ing Arabs’ living next door  —  A boozy Brooklyn man was hit with hate crime charges Sunday for pouring beer on a newlywed neighbor, calling her an “Arab terrorist” and pummeling her husband, police sources said.

Bristol Palin says her mom has decided whether to run for president  —  The daughter of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (R) said Tuesday that her mother had made up her mind already about whether to run for president in 2012.  —  Bristol Palin, the eldest daughter of the 2008 Republican vice …

On Obama, Wall St. Shows a Reluctance to Commit  —  President Obama's $35,800-a-plate fund-raising dinner was the talk of Wall Street last week.  —  Held at Daniel, the Michelin three-star restaurant of Daniel Boulud on the Upper East Side, the event was seen as a test of the president's popularity among …

Greece protest against austerity package turns violent  —  Thousands of protesters have gathered outside parliament in the capital where public transport has ground to a halt.  —  PM George Papandreou has said that only his 28bn-euro (£25bn) austerity plan would get Greece back on its feet.

QUOTES:  —  Deepak Bhargava, Executive Director, Center for Community Change  —  “Our families are struggling to make ends meet and our communities are suffering from record levels of unemployment and increasing poverty.  It's time to get the country back on track and that means focusing on job creation and supporting our families.

Pakistan, Afghan, Sudan Presidents Attend Tehran-Sponsored Counterterrorism Conference; U.N. Sec.-Gen. Praises Conference; Conference Defines U.S., Israel as Source of Global Terrorism  —  Introduction  —  On June 25-26, 2011, the Iranian regime hosted the first “World Without Terrorism Conference” in Tehran.

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Anti-Mormon bias persists, notably among Democrats  —  Ever since Mitt Romney's unsuccessful run for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, there's been much discussion of whether GOP voters would accept a Mormon candidate.  Would evangelical conservatives, in particular …