POLITICO reporter suspended for remarks  —  POLITICO reporter Joe Williams has been suspended pending review of recent controversial comments he made on television and Twitter, POLITICO editors informed staff late Thursday night.  —  On MSNBC today, Williams made a remark suggesting Mitt Romney …

Romney's Bain Capital invested in companies that moved jobs overseas  —  Mitt Romney's financial company, Bain Capital, invested in a series of firms that specialized in relocating jobs done by American workers to new facilities in low-wage countries like China and India.

How My View on Gay Marriage Changed  —  IN my 2007 book, “The Future of Marriage,” and in my 2010 court testimony concerning Proposition 8, the California ballot initiative that defined marriage as between a man and a woman, I took a stand against gay marriage.

Obama Asks People Getting Married To Forgo Gifts, Ask Their Guests To Donate To His Campaign Instead...  You can even register your wedding on his campaign website.  Could he be any more pompous?

On Vacation and Sick?  A Court Says Take Another  —  BRUSSELS — For most Europeans, almost nothing is more prized than their four to six weeks of guaranteed annual vacation leave.  But it was not clear just how sacrosanct that time off was until Thursday, when Europe's highest court ruled …

The Only Nine Things You Need To Know From The Huffington Post Politico Profile That You Can't Read Online  —  We just downloaded The Huffington Post's profile by Michael Calderone of how Politico is supposedly in disarray.  You can't read it online because it's only on the iPad.

New Poll: Obama leads Romney among Latinos in key 2012 battleground states  —  New polling released June 22, 2012 by Latino Decisions and America's Voice finds President Obama maintaining a wide lead over Republican Mitt Romney among Latino registered voters in five key battleground states.

Immigration Divides Romney And His Church  —  Hispanic Mormons are torn.  “Romney should listen to his church,” says Salt Lake City's Yapias.  —  Romney speaks at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials.  —  Image by Gerardo Mora / Getty Images

Exclusive: Mary Cheney marries longtime partner Heather Poe  —  Mary Cheney, the openly gay daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, has married her long-time partner Heather Poe, The Daily Caller has learned.  —  Cheney spokeswoman Kara Ahern confirmed to TheDC that the couple married Friday morning in Washington, D.C.

Why Dodd-Frank Is Unconstitutional  —  The financial regulations signed into law in 2010 do not honor checks and balances.  They eliminate them.  —  When President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act into law nearly two years ago, he stated that …

Obama's White Support Is Too Low to Win  —  President Obama does not currently have enough white support to win re-election even if he retains his minority base from 2008.  At the same time, electoral data indicates Mitt Romney has not yet attracted enough of these white voters to capitalize on Obama's weakness.

Activists Take Out Frustration on ... Ronald Reagan  —  Victor Fiorillo reports for Phillymag.com:

Brian Terry's parents: W.H. ‘lying’  —  The parents of slain U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry accused the Obama administration of “lying” and “hiding something” about the Fast and Furious gunwalking operation, which was linked to the 2010 killing of their son.  —  “I think they are hiding something.

Gas prices could hit $3 by autumn  —  The darkening clouds of the slowing economy could provide a bright spot for consumers: gasoline at $3 a gallon — or less — by autumn.  —  Nationally, regular gasoline averages $3.47 a gallon, down 47 cents from this year's high in April and well below …

GOP Congressman Calls Pelosi ‘Mind-Numbingly Stupid’ And Suggests She May Be Mentally Ill  —  Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) yesterday called House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi “mind-numbingly stupid” and said that there is something medically wrong with her brain because she believes Republicans …

Kimberlin Vs. Walker: Walker Fights Back  —  Back on May 29th, Brett Kimberlin won a peace order hearing in Maryland District Court against Aaron Walker, claiming that Walker's blogging and tweeting of Kimberlin's violent past and his previous interactions with Kimberlin in court constituted harassment.

Strassel: Axelrod's ObamaCare Dollars  —  Emails suggest the White House pushed business to the presidential adviser's former firm to sell the health-care law.  —  Rewind to 2009.  The fight over ObamaCare is raging, and a few news outlets report that something looks ethically rotten in the White House.

Chief Justice Offers Hint at New Timing for Health Care Ruling  —  WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Thursday indicated that it is likely to go into overtime next week, as the nation awaits its decisions in challenges to President Obama's health care law and a tough Arizona immigration law.

Saudi Arabia to fund Syria rebel army  —  Exclusive: Command centre in Turkey organising weapon supply to opposition  —  Saudi officials are preparing to pay the salaries of the Free Syria Army as a means of encouraging mass defections from the military and increasing pressure on the Assad regime, the Guardian has learned.

The Scam Wall Street Learned From the Mafia  —  How America's biggest banks took part in a nationwide bid-rigging conspiracy - until they were caught on tape  —  Someday, it will go down in history as the first trial of the modern American mafia.  Of course, you won't hear …

TPM2012  —  Rick Scott Goes Off Message: Florida Economy Is Doing ‘Extremely Well’  —  If Rick Scott got an order from Mitt Romney to temper his cheery talk about the Florida economy, it clearly didn't take.  The Republican governor proudly boasted that his state was booming in a speech …

The Snoozeroom  —  Aaron Sorkin's empty critique of cable news.  —  THE RIVETING DRAMA and moral risks that are part of TV journalism offer a fertile field for artists.  Paddy Chayefsky in Network told us the story of “the first known instance of a man who was killed because he had lousy ratings.”

The Burden of Disease and the Changing Task of Medicine  —  Comments open through December 31, 2012