Rebekah Brooks arrested over phone-hacking allegations  —  Spokesman for Rebekah Brooks says she did not know she was going to be arrested when she handed in her resignation  —  Rebekah Brooks has been arrested by police investigating allegations of phone hacking by the News of the World …

Congressional GOP Leaders Slowly Convincing Newer Members of Importance of Raising Debt Ceiling  —  Boehner: He would have to bring newer members of his caucus along for a deal to be struck.  —  Sometimes your closest allies can become your biggest headaches.

Cain: Americans should be able to ban mosques  —  Herman Cain says voters across the country should have the right to prevent Muslims from building mosques in their communities.  —  In an exchange on “Fox News Sunday,” the Republican presidential contender said that he sided …

Texas' Rick Perry starting to feel ‘called’ to run for president  —  The Texan with the slight Southern drawl who has called dozens of top Iowa Republican activists in the past few weeks sounds more and more like he's about to run for president.  —  “I'm not ready to tell you that I'm ready …

Cordray is Obama's choice to lead Consumer Financial Protection Bureau  —  President Barack Obama will nominate former Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray to head a powerful new consumer protection agency, White House officials said.  —  At a White House event Monday …

We're Spent  —  THERE is no shortage of explanations for the economy's maddening inability to leave behind the Great Recession and start adding large numbers of jobs: The deficit is too big.  The stimulus was flawed.  China is overtaking us.  Businesses are overregulated.  Wall Street is underregulated.

David Brooks: The scary and sloppy case for rationing  —  David Brooks of the New York Times likes to fancy himself as a truth-seeker, bringing social and hard sciences to the masses.  But in his Friday column on health care and death, he makes some shocking and inaccurate assertions.

TRENDING: Giuliani to GOP: Stay out of gay marriage  —  (CNN) - He may not agree with the vote in New York to legalize gay marriage, but former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said the Republican Party should butt out of the bedroom and stick to fiscal policy.

Our Broken Escalator  —  THE United States supports schools in Afghanistan because we know that education is one of the cheapest and most effective ways to build a country.  —  Alas, we've forgotten that lesson at home.  All across America, school budgets are being cut, teachers laid off and education programs dismantled.

QVC Cancelled My Appearance!!  —  I was to have been on QVC today to introduce my book, “Prime Time,” about aging and the life cycle.  The network said they got a lot of calls yesterday criticizing me for my opposition to the Vietnam War and threatening to boycott the show if I was allowed to appear.

Hollywood stars open wallets for Obama  —  President Barack Obama's latest fundraising report resembles an A-list of Hollywood stars, with donations from some of the top celebrities in the entertainment industry.  —  Among the more than 550,000 donors to the president's 2012 reelection bid …