Ann Romney: 'I Love The Fact That There Are Women Out There Who Don't Have A Choice' And ‘Must Go To Work’  —  In an emotional speech about the difficulty of motherhood and life on the campaign trail, Ann Romney used an odd choice of words to discuss mothers who are forced to work while raising their children.

Rebecca Burgin, a long-time girlfriend of former North Carolina Democratic Party executive director Jay Parmley, told The Daily Caller that she believes Parmley infected her with HIV.  —  Parmley resigned on April 15 amid sexual harassment allegations from a former young male staffer.

Man Beaten By Mob, In Critical Condition  —  Mobile police need your help to catch a mob that beat Matthew Owens so badly that he's in critical condition.  —  According to police, Owens fussed at some kids playing basketball in the middle of Delmar Drive about 8:30 Saturday night.

DNC head: ‘Entirely reasonable’ Boehner fears losing House  —  DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (Fla.) said Tuesday that it was “entirely reasonable” for Speaker John Boehner to express doubts about the GOP's ability to hold the House in November's elections.

Governor Rick Scott Vetoes Funds For Rape Crisis Centers During Sexual Assault Awareness Month … FOLLOW:  —  Rick Scott, Video, Gop-Violence-Against-Women-Act, Rick Scott Budget Cuts, Rick Scott Florida, Rick Scott Sexual Violence, Violence Against Women Act, Politics News

Kaiser Health Tracking Poll — April 2012  —  The April poll gauged Americans' opinions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in the wake of the Supreme Court oral arguments in the legal challenges to the health reform law in March.  —  The increased public attention to the Affordable Care Act generated …

Obama's abject failure on entitlement reform  —  President Obama's dearth of leadership on entitlement reform has consequences.  The Wall Street Journal reports: … Douglas Holtz-Eakin and Michael Ramlet from the American Action Forum provide some useful detail.

New Fashion Wrinkle: Stylishly Hiding the Gun  —  Woolrich, a 182-year-old clothing company, describes its new chino pants as an elegant and sturdy fashion statement, with a clean profile and fabric that provides comfort and flexibility.  —  And they are great for hiding a handgun.

Transgender Breakthrough: EEOC ruling that gender-identity discrimination is covered by Title VII is a “sea change” that opens the doors to employment protection for transgender Americans  —  News:  —  An employer who discriminates against an employee or applicant on the basis …

Earth to Ben Bernanke  —  Chairman Bernanke Should Listen to Professor Bernanke  —  When the financial crisis struck in 2008, many economists took comfort in at least one aspect of the situation: the best possible person, Ben Bernanke, was in place as chairman of the Federal Reserve.

A euro parable: the couple with a joint account  —  Perhaps the following parable is not entirely fair to the euro, but nevertheless the parallels seem striking.  —  Consider a young couple who is contemplating marriage, but unsure whether to take the big step.

On the fourth Armenian Remembrance Day of his presidency, President Obama has for the fourth time in a row broken his promise to the Armenian community to use the word “genocide” in describing what happened at the hands of the Turks roughly a century ago.  —  As a senator, and then as a …

No invention: Al Gore's Internet honor  —  If you invent the Internet, you should probably get some sort of recognition, right?  —  Former Veep Al Gore is now getting a bit of credit for his infamous 1999 claim that “I took the initiative in creating the Internet”: He'll be one of the first inductees into the Internet Hall of Fame.

Republicans Note Then-Senator Obama Didn't Show Up for Vote on Student Loan Bill in 2007  —  President Obama today begins a two-day tour of college campuses in three battleground states — North Carolina, Colorado, and Iowa — in which he will press Congress to extend the 2007 law …

McCain courts Mike  —  John McCain is trying to convince Mayor Bloomberg to support Mitt Romney's bid for president.  —  McCain — the GOP Arizona senator who lost to President Obama in 2008 — visited the mayor at City Hall yesterday to talk up the likely Republican nominee.

Diamond and Saez: High Tax Rates Won't Slow Growth  —  We're not close to the top of the Laffer Curve.  Raising tax rates is part of a sensible deficit reduction strategy.  —  The share of pre-tax income accruing to the top 1% of earners in the U.S. has more than doubled to about 20% in 2010 from less than 10% in the 1970s.

Bryan Fischer Stumped: Unable To Explain How John Bolton ‘Did A Great Job’ With ‘Gay Activist’ By His Side  —  The American Family Association's Bryan Fischer took his crusade against Richard Grenell — an openly gay man who is now Mitt Romney's chief spokesperson for foreign policy …

‘Scandals’ don't predict election results.  But this formula might.  —  “To see what's in front of one's nose requires a constant struggle,” George Orwell wrote.  But the problem for those of us paying attention to the 2012 election is rather the opposite: To ignore what keeps being thrust …

Planned palace upsets some neighbors in tony D.C. suburb  —  View Photo Gallery — Great wealth in Great Falls: Nowhere in the Washington area is wealth more concentrated than Great Falls.  Sixteen percent of households in the Northern Virginia enclave earn at least $500,000 a year.

Obama recruits an army of community organizers to ensure his reelection  —  President Obama's election campaign is recruiting an army of determined community organizers to walk the streets of the nation's cities this summer and autumn in the footsteps of a young Chicago community organizer named Barack Obama.

Grassley: Colombian prostitutes may have been Russian spies  —  Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) said the Colombia prostitutes at the center of the Secret Service scandal may have been spies planted by the Russian government.  —  In an interview with Iowa reporters, Grassley argued the actions …

Rubio appeals to Latinos on Romney's behalf  —  The Florida senator's appearance with the Republican candidate is a reminder of the challenges facing the campaign after the combative primary, in which Romney moved to the right on immigration.  —  CHESTER TOWNSHIP, Pa. …

Gingrich hints he may drop from race this week  —  WILMINGTON, Del. - Newt Gingrich hinted he may withdraw from the presidential race if he has a poor showing in the Delaware primary Tuesday - a state where he has been actively campaigning for several weeks.  —  David Duprey / AP

Insurers Alter Cost Formula, and Patients Pay More  —  Despite a landmark settlement that was expected to increase coverage for out-of-network care, the nation's largest health insurers have been switching to a new payment method that in most cases significantly increases the cost to the patient.