President Obama's Speech Gets A Thumbs Down From Political Press Corps  —  President Obama on stage in Ohio.  (Photo: Getty)  —  Prior to President Barack Obama's marathon 54 minute speech in Ohio today, the Obama campaign sent our several statements promising the speech would be a major address framing the campaign going forward.

AP sources: Immunity offered to certain immigrants  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration will stop deporting and begin granting work permits to younger illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children and have since led law-abiding lives.  The election-year initiative addresses …

Obama to Celebrities: 'You're the Ultimate Arbiter of Which Direction This Country Goes'  —  NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama soaked in the support — and the campaign cash — of Manhattan's elite entertainers Thursday as his re-election team sought to fill its fundraising coffers.

NY1 Exclusive: School Prohibits Fifth-Grader From Giving Speech On Same-Sex Marriage … Kameron Slade worked on his speech with his mother and his teacher after winning a class competition.  He was slated to deliver it in a school-wide contest at PS 195.  —  That's no longer going to happen.

Michigan lawmakers barred from floor after ‘vagina,’ ‘vasectomy’ remarks  —  (CNN) - Two state representatives in Michigan were barred from speaking on the floor of the legislature in Lansing Thursday after colleagues deemed their language “failed to maintain the decorum” of the legislative body.

Union of Concerned Scientists Admits It Was Wrong  —  Last week, my column, Union of Concerned Scientists Cooks the Books, Media Swallow It, dissected the artful way in which UCS analysts had used corporate giving data to imply that General Electric executives were climate change hypocrites …

Americans Upbeat About Local Economy, Down on the World  —  Republicans more negative about economic conditions everywhere  —  PRINCETON, NJ — Americans become progressively less positive about economic conditions the farther away from home they look.  Forty-nine percent rate economic conditions …

First Thoughts: Obama ‘creates the contrast’ in Cleveland  —  Obama's speech yesterday: creating the contrast... A speech he probably didn't want to give, but which probably silenced antsy Democrats and donors... Romney's rebuttal... Transitioning away from the Silly Season? …

MoveOn Comes Out Against Barron  —  Revolutionary Pan-Africanism is too far left even for the left.  “The kind of thing we've come to expect from the most offensive tea partier.”  —  Barron, then the Freedom Party candidate for governor, in 2010.  —  (Getty Images / Pool)

Gay judge appointed in Virginia  —  An openly gay prosecutor has been appointed in Virginia to take the bench as a district judge, despite the state General Assembly's rejection of his nomination last month.  —  Tracy Thorne-Begland, whose appointment by Richmond Circuit Court judges will begin July 1 …

The New York Post bumps price to $1  —  Hold the presses: The New York Post is getting a price bump.  —  On Monday, the Post will bump its weekday newsstand price from 75 cents to a dollar, a subscription services representative with the company confirms.  The Saturday newsstand price …

Eric Holder offers Darrell Issa ‘extraordinary’ deal  —  Attorney General Eric Holder made a new offer to House Republicans on Thursday to defuse the growing controversy over the “Fast and Furious” program, the latest bid to derail a contempt vote against Holder set for next week.

White House Forgets to Pay Father's Day Lunch Tab  —  Amid the bustle of President Obama's surprise stop for barbecue Wednesday the White House apparently overlooked one key detail: the bill.  —  Celebrating Father's Day early, the president had lunch with two service members and two local barbers at Kenny's BBQ on Capitol Hill.