Lugar's Demise and the Constitutional Crisis  —  The defeat of Richard Lugar in the Indiana Republican Senate primary is the kind of event that would have been shocking just a half-dozen years ago, and has since grown routine.  Incumbent senators used to have almost no fear that they might …

Gay Marriage Issue Looming, Obama Sits for an Interview  —  President Obama, who is under mounting pressure to clarify his thinking on same-sex marriage after top aides publicly embraced it in recent days, will sit down for an interview with ABC News on Wednesday during which he is likely to be pressed on his …

Conservative author Jonah Goldberg drops claim of two Pulitzer nominations  —  On the dust jacket of his new book, “The Tyranny of Clichés: How Liberals Cheat in the War of Ideas,” best-selling conservative author and commentator Jonah Goldberg is described as having “twice been nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.”

The Academic Mob Rules  —  Instead of encouraging wide discussion, the Chronicle of Higher Education fires a blogger.  —  Recently, the Chronicle of Higher Education published a cover story called “Black Studies: ‘Swaggering Into the Future,’” in which the reporter described how …

Obama Loses West Virginia Delegates To Prison Inmate  —  The vote highlights the President's unpopularity in the Appalachian heartland.  In 2008, white voters there cited race as a factor.  —  Federal prisoner Keith Russell Judd, 49, at the Beaumont Federal Correctional Institution in Beaumont, Texas in March 15, 2008.

Tom Barrett wins Wisconsin recall primary  —  Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett won the Democratic primary in Wisconsin's gubernatorial recall election Tuesday, dealing a blow to organized labor and setting up the June 5 race against Republican Gov. Scott Walker.  —  Barrett defeated former Dane …

Billy Graham and Amendment One  —  One of the odder phenomena surrounding the passage of Amendment One in North Carolina was the last-minute emergence of the Rev. Billy Graham, the retired, chronically-ill 93-year-old evangelist, as a supporter of the amendment.

Michele Bachmann claims Swiss citizenship  —  Rep. Michelle Bachmann is now officially a Swiss miss.  —  Bachmann (R-Minn.) recently became a citizen of Switzerland, making her eligible to run for office in the tiny European nation, according to a Swiss TV report Tuesday.

CIA sacrifices valuable intelligence source to foil underwear bomb plot  —  PLAY CBS NEWS VIDEO  —  (CBS News) NEW YORK - It's a stunning revelation in the foiled plot to blow up a U.S.-bound airliner: The triggerman chosen by al Qaeda was actually a double agent who was working for the CIA and Saudi intelligence services.

Florida nabs white supremacists planning “race war”  —  ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Ten alleged members of a white supremacist group training near Orlando and Disney World for a “race war” have been rounded up in a series of arrests in central Florida, authorities said on Tuesday.

Wake up Democrats; you could lose  —  Editor's note: James Carville is a Democratic strategist who serves as a political contributor for CNN, appearing frequently on “The Situation Room” as well as other programs on all CNN networks.  —  (CNN) — A long time ago a great three-time governor of Louisiana …

Tom Gabel of Against Me!  Comes Out as Transgender  —  Singer reveals plans to begin living as a woman in the new issue of Rolling Stone  —  Against Me! singer Tom Gabel reveals plans to begin living as a woman in the new issue of Rolling Stone.  Gabel, who has dealt privately …

California Police Officers Face Murder and Manslaughter Charges For Beating Death Of Mentally Ill Homeless Man  —  Kelly Thomas in his hospital bed before his death  —  Last July, Fullerton, California police officer Manuel Ramos discovered a homeless man named Kelly Thomas near the site of a car break in.

GOP Newsletter Calls for Armed Revolution if Obama Re-Elected  —  The Greene County, Virginia Republican Committee publishes a monthly newsletter for members called “The Constitutional Conservatives.”  The newsletter is heavy on Tea Party rhetoric about how Obama and liberals are ruining America, and so forth.

Cumulus: Limbaugh boycott cost ‘millions’  —  Cumulus Media CEO Lew Dickey said yesterday that the advertiser boycott against Rush Limbaugh cost his company millions of dollars in revenue for the first two quarters of the year.  —  “It hit us pretty hard,” Dickey said during a call with financial analysts yesterday.