Obama's Wall Street problem  —  The giant $2 billion trading loss at JPMorgan Chase highlights a central problem in President Barack Obama's case for a second term: Four years after the financial crisis nearly brought the nation to its knees, very little appears to have changed.

Three to Exit J.P. Morgan  —  Drew, Others to Depart in Wake of Loss, Which Could Total More Than $4 Billion  —  Three high-ranking officers at the center of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.'s giant trading blunder are expected to leave the firm this week, said people familiar with the situation, and losses on the trade have grown.

‘First Gay President’: Newsweek marks Obama's landmark announcement with controversial cover  —  In a gutsy move, Newsweek has released the cover of their next issue, on the cover of which they depict President Obama with a rainbow halo and the title of ‘The First Gay President’.

The un-McCain campaign  —  Mitt Romney and his top aides are building a strategy, partly by design and partly because of circumstance, around what they consider John McCain's disastrously run campaign in 2008.  —  The strategy: whatever McCain did, do the opposite.

Eurodämmerung  —  Some of us have been talking it over, and here's what we think the end game looks like:  —  1. Greek euro exit, very possibly next month.  —  2. Huge withdrawals from Spanish and Italian banks, as depositors try to move their money to Germany.  —  3a.

John Edwards and the “reality-based” community  —  I have tried to avert my eyes from the John Edwards trial, but this snippet from a report of that event in the Washington Post caught my eye.  It seems that Edwards' own attorney told the trial judge this week: “No one is going to deny that Mr. Edwards lied and lied and lied and lied.”

Report says 230,000 unemployed losing benefits over weekend  —  More than 230,000 unemployed workers will lose their jobless benefits this weekend as portions of federal programs expire across several states.  —  All told, 409,300 long-term unemployed Americans in 27 states will have lost upward …

GOP: Mitt should shame Obama with Israel trip  —  Mitt Romney should visit Israel soon, Republican lawmakers say, claiming that such a trip would highlight the fact that President Obama has not been there during his first term.  —  Congressional Republicans told The Hill that there would be many benefits …

Obama To Deliver Barnard Commencement Address … After the presidential campaign has been focusing on female reproductive rights and other women's issues, President Barack Obama is coming to the city Monday to deliver the commencement address at all-female Barnard College and attend two high-profile fundraisers.

Greek Coalition Talks Near Collapse, Threatening Debt Deal  —  ATHENS — Talks to form a new Greek government appeared near collapse on Sunday after the leader of a left-wing party that favors rejecting Greece's loan agreement with foreign creditors again refused to join a unity coalition, making new elections almost a given.